Mid-Century Etched Blue Glass Vase brass scissors Garden City

Garden City

If not as an ashtray

and darkening here and there

4 3/4" long x 1 1/4" in diameter

purchased from the estate of a gallerist and collection who had accumulated many very fine textiles from around the world

Mid-Century Etched Blue Glass Vase brass scissors Garden CityI don't know a lot about glass, and don't buy a lot of it, but this large, rich blue vase, etched with very MCM lozenge pattern (a bit tricky to photograph), was too beautiful to leave behind. I bought it at a sale that included lots of Scandinavian modern, and would guess it is likely Danish, but I don't know for sure. Regardless, really a striking piece, which would I think be especially fantastic filled with Asiatic lilies, French tulips, or