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Pair of "Agata" Vases

A work made of blown glass.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of blown glass.

Date:

c. 1887

Artist:

Joseph Locke (American, 1846–1936)
Made by New England Glass Company (American, 1818–1888)
East Cambridge, Massachusetts

About this artwork

Aestheticism began in England, and English artisans helped to spread its ideals in the United States; several of them immigrated permanently and became the chief designers at American firms. Glass engraver Joseph Locke, for instance, emigrated from England in 1883 and became the head designer at the New England Glass Company, where he invented a number of varieties of art glass. He was especially interested in replicating the subtly shaded glazes on Chinese and Japanese porcelain and experimented with different chemical treatments to achieve similar effects in glass. These vases are typical of Locke’s rare Agata line, which was produced only between 1885 and 1887. For these pieces, he used a metallic stain on top of his Wild Rose glaze to produce a mottled surface.

Status

On View, Gallery 264

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

New England Glass Company (Manufacturer)

Title

Pair of "Agata" Vases

Place

Cambridge (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

c. 1887

Medium

Blown glass

Dimensions

2002.1.1:: 38.5 × 13.6 × 13.5 cm (15 3/16 × 5 3/8 × 5 3/8 in.); 2002.19.2: 38.7 × 14 × 13.8 cm (15 1/4 × 5 9/16 × 5 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Americana Endowment

Reference Number

2002.19.1-2

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