Unidentified, Green Glass Cane, ca. 1870-1910, blown glass, 49 x 5 x 1 3⁄4 in. (124.5 x 12.6 x 4.4 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.18
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Green Glass Cane
- Artist
- Unidentified
- Date
- ca. 1870-1910
- Location
- Dimensions
- 49 x 5 x 1 3⁄4 in. (124.5 x 12.6 x 4.4 cm.)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- blown glass
- Classifications
- Object Number
- 1986.65.18
Artwork Description
Late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century glassblowers often made “glass whimsy” canes as a diversion from commercial production. They twisted, stretched, and blew colored glass to create decorative walking sticks that were too fragile to use (George Meyer, American Folk Art Canes, 1992).
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Dateca. 1860-1880
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