A SILVER OVERLAY GLASS VASE

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A SILVER OVERLAY GLASS VASE
MAKER'S MARK OF ALVIN MFG.CO., PROVIDENCE, CIRCA 1905

Of shaped vase form, the green glass with silver overlay with willowy carnations and interlaced leaves, marked on base--14in. high

Lot Essay

The Alvin Manufacturing Company of Providence specialized in silver overlay in the Art Nouveau taste. A similar green glass vase attributed to Alvin but unmarked is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, illustrated in 19th Century America, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1970, fig. 277.