Shell Vase formed from a "Jourdan's turban" snail shell (Turbo jourdani) and base from a "green turban" snail shell (Turbo marmoratus)

Shell Vase formed from a "Jourdan's turban" snail shell (Turbo jourdani) and base from a "green turban" snail shell (Turbo marmoratus)

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Shell Vase formed from a "Jourdan's turban" snail shell (Turbo jourdani) and base from a "green turban" snail shell (Turbo marmoratus)
CultureUnknown
Titles
  • Shell Vase formed from a "Jourdan's turban" snail shell (Turbo jourdani) and base from a "green turban" snail shell (Turbo marmoratus)
Datelate 19th century
PlaceIndo-Pacific
MediumShell and silk
Dimensions3 in. (7.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of the estate of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.79.4
Not on view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
ProvenanceMiss Ima Hogg; Estate of Miss Ima Hogg, 1975; given to MFAH, 1979.

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Snail Shell
no date
Shell
B.79.5
scan from file photograph
Antonio Frilli
1938–1939
Marble
B.97.83.1-.4
Bunch of Green Grapes
19th or 20th century
Jade
96.1848
Vase
20th century
Rock crystal, gold-mounted
94.977
Turban
Lilly Daché
c. 1960
Silk organza, silk ribbon, and fabric flowers
96.714
Caster
no date
Bluejohn
96.1229
Covered Box
no date
Bluejohn, silver (?)
96.1228.A,.B
Model of a Pod
Hardstone (ivory or bone)
96.1840
Figure of the Christ Child
late 18th - early 19th century
Painted and gilt wood
94.1159.3
Figure of St. Thomas
late 18th century
Painted wood
94.1158
Figure of the Virgin Mary
late 18th - early 19th century
Painted and gilt wood
94.1159.1
Figure of Saint Joseph
late 18th - early 19th century
Painted and gilt wood
94.1159.2