Object Name	Vase
Description	Trophy shaped vase with large square base and shaped, gold trimmed base. Gold design on sides of square base. Raised square on square base with gold trimming. On top of raised square sits pedastol of vase. Gold rings encircle base. Scalloped design leads up to body of vase. Body of vase covered in gold and cherub figures. Embossed gold design throughout body. Gold body ends at high shoulder and sides angle in to collar-like neck. Gold rings continue up to scalloped trimm and gold trimmed rim. Flared rim. Two, elongated, upside down, L-shaped handles attached above shoulder and connect at body and continues down half of lower body. Handles attached opposite one another.
Collection	Ross C. Purdy Museum Collection
Dimensions	H-18 W-9 L-10 cm
Early Date	1900
Late Date	1950
Material	Ceramic/Earthenware/Pottery
Medium	Porcelain
Notes	Old record identification sources "Royal Vienna Porcelain -or- What's in a Beehive, Robert E. Roentgen, Spinning Wheel 1980, 36[3] 30-3".
Place of Origin	Austria

The American Ceramic Society, Copyright 2005   
Last modified on: February 15, 2005