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Vase

Maker: James Prestini, American, 1908-1993
Medium: Birch, copper
Place Made: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Dates: ca. 1943-1953
Dimensions: 8 5/8 x 3 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. (21.9 x 9.2 x 9.2 cm)
Markings: Impressed in bottom of vase: "PRESTINI"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 81.113.4
Credit Line: Gift of Professor James Prestini
Image: Overall, 81.113.4_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Lathe-turned, simple cylinder birch vase with copper liner. Vase has solid foot rim; lathe connection apparent inside bottom. Copper liner is slightly flaring, has one soldered seam, bottom soldered in, rolled lip. CONDITION: Vase: good, some discoloration inside; Liner: corroded and discolored inside.

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