See more objects with the tag interior, decoration, container, home, delicate, stem, tapered, elegant, smooth, thin, transparent, vase.

See more objects with the color dimgrey or see all the colors for this object.

Object Timeline

1926

  • Work on this object began.

1958

  • We acquired this object.

1970

2005

2024

  • You found it!

Ambassador Vase

This is a vase. It was designed by Oswald Haerdtl and manufactured by J. & L. Lobmeyr and Karlsbader Kristallglasfabriken A.G.. It is dated 1926 and we acquired it in 1958. Its medium is mouth-blown crystal ("muslin glass"). It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Georgiana L. McClellan.

  • Rock crystal style Flower Bowl
  • mouth-blown glass, exact shape cut, half-polished surface cutting.
  • Museum purchase through gift of Dale and Doug Anderson, Anonymous Donor,....
  • 2009-18-65
  •

Our curators have highlighted 1 object that are related to this one.

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 53.3 x 12.7 cm (21 x 5 in.)

Cite this object as

Ambassador Vase; Designed by Oswald Haerdtl (Austrian, 1899–1959); Manufactured by J. & L. Lobmeyr (Austria), Karlsbader Kristallglasfabriken A.G.; Austria; mouth-blown crystal ("muslin glass"); H x diam.: 53.3 x 12.7 cm (21 x 5 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Georgiana L. McClellan; 1958-98-9

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

For higher resolution or commercial use contact ArtResource.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18424131/ |title=Ambassador Vase |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=20 April 2024 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>