Vase

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Vase

Entry/Object ID

GHS 1707

Description

Parian porcelain vase. Flared top - narrower at neck with thin handles on both sides - body flaring and decorated with raised 3-D shapes and leaves motif over raised leaf and grass background. Narrowing just above round base. Label: Parian vase from the Pastorius-Nice families.

Made/Created

Date made

1850 - 1870

Dimensions

Height

9-1/2 in

Width

5-1/4 in

Diameter

4-1/2 in

Material

Porcelain

Provenance

Notes

Object donated by Mrs. R.H. Bjoinsgaard (?- see catalogue sheet), June 24, 1958.