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| Keywords: Hobbs, Brockunier & Co - Peach Blow Vase - Walters 47651.jpg An 18th-century Chinese porcelain vase reputed to be the finest of its kind was sold for 18 000 at the auction of the Mary J Morgan estate in 1886 in New York So controversial was the price that William T Walters never admitted to being the purchaser the vase is presently displayed in Hackerman House Almost immediately replicas of the vase appeared in glass and ceramic Known as Peach Blow vases the glass versions were made with layered glass-red to yellow on the exterior and milky white inside ca 1886 layered glass with satin finish cm 19 8 accession number 47 651 21775 W M Schwind Jr Antiiques Yarmouth Maine Walters Art Museum May 1989 by purchase Museum purchase 1989 place of origin West Virginia USA Walters Art Museum license Glassware in the Walters Art Museum Hobbs Brockunier Company 1886 in art Porcelain vases | ||||
