Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
May 4, 1814
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 73
Notes:
Blue John (also known as Derbyshire spar) is a semi-precious mineral, a rare form of fluorite with bands of a purple-blue or yellowish color. The Museum's vase may have resembled the ca. 1815-1820 vase pictured here.
