Vase, ca. 1772, British, Birmingham, White opaque glass, gilt-bronze mounts, Overall (confirmed): 11 3/16 × 7 × 5 1/2 in. (28.4 × 17.8 × 14 cm), Glass by James Keir (British, born Scotland, 1735–1820), Matthew Boulton’s documented design for a graceful vase, with pine cone, oak leaf, and satyrs’ masks detailing, is clearly recognizable in this piece, which combines matte, opaque, white glassware sourced from the Birmingham-based workshops of the chemist and inventor, James Keir, with the pre-fabricated ormolu mounts produced and applied in Boulton & Fothergill’s Soho manufactory
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Vase, ca, 1772, British, Birmingham, White opaque glass, gilt-bronze mounts, Overall, confirmed, 11 3/16, 7, 5 1/2, 28.4, 17.8, 14 cm, Glass by James Keir, born Scotland, 1735–1820, Matthew Boulton, documented, design, graceful vase, pine cone, oak leaf, satyrs, masks, detailing, recognizable, piece, combines matte, opaque, white glassware, sourced, Birmingham-based workshops, chemist, inventor, James, pre-fabricated ormolu, mounts, produced, applied, Boulton &, Fothergill, Soho, manufactory
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