Celery Vase

Object/Artifact

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Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute

Name/Title

Celery Vase

Description

Cut glass vase with straight sides and a slightly flared mouth. Short vertical lines run along the mouth of the vessel, beneath which is a diamond etched pattern that takes up half of the vessel. The vase tapers slightly at the bottom, ended in a flat base with a star pattern etched into it.

Made/Created

Notes

The process of cutting glass involves pressing the completed glass object against a large rotating wheel usually made of iron or stone. The wheel cuts grooves into the glass, which have straight sharp angles, and the effect is to greatly increase the sparkle of the glass, by adding more light-reflecting surfaces.

Dimensions

Height

26.7 cm

Width

8.26 cm

Depth

12.38 cm

Dimension Description

Lip

Diameter

8.26 cm

Dimension Description

Base

Diameter

12.38 cm

Material

Glass

Color

Clear

Location

* Untyped Location

Constellation Case

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Shipwreck

Constellation

Island

Bermuda

* Untyped Place

Atlantic Ocean

General Notes

Note Type

Historical Note

Note

From the 1830s to the early 1900s, celery was a rare and expensive vegetable that required a lot of care to cultivate. Cooks cleaned and scraped raw stalks, then put them in cold water in tall glass vases. This style of preparation and presentation in expensive celery vases was a symbol of prestige and confirmed a family’s upper-class status.