Gillinder and Sons
Celery Vase

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Maker Gillinder and SonsPhiladelphia, 1861–1930

CultureAmerican

Titles

Celery Vase

Datec. 1880

Made inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

MediumNonlead glass

Dimensions8 5/8 × 4 in. diameter (21.9 × 10.2 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Alice C. Simkins in memory of Alice N. Hanszen

Object numberB.85.9

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Docent Foyer (Sam Houston Hall)

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

GLASS

DescriptionThis glass celery vase, in a pattern today called “Westward Ho” but first named “Pioneer” by its manufacturer, was produced for a period of years just after the 1876 United States Centennial. The buffalo, deer, and log cabins decorating the body constitute a combination of highly romanticized images marketed at a time of aggressive westward expansion and settlement that devastated both Native American communities and the bison herds of the West.
ProvenanceWilliam C. Hogg (1875–1930); Estate of William C. Hogg; inherited by his brother, Mike Hogg (1885–1941), and sister-in-law, Alice Nicholson Hogg (1900–1977), later Alice Nicholson Hanszen, Houston; Estate of Alice Nicholson Hanszen; inherited by her niece, Alice C. Simkins, San Antonio; given to MFAH, 1977; given to MFAH, 1985.

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