The Vase with Japanese-Style Decoration, c.1880, is an object made from red glass with different elements of amber glass, gold, and enamel. The vase is a pineapple-sized container. It is a round, oblong egg shape resting on three legs. The legs were shaped and attached to the vase separately, as there is a seam where the legs beet the vase. There are
two main aspects of decoration accomplished with glass alone, where folds of glass have been worked around the vase. One wreath-shaped decoration is at the top of the vase, and the second is where the legs attach to the main body of the vase. There is also decoration on the legs. The glass of the legs has been worked into a pattern that is suggests foliage, and the folded glass at the top and base of the vase are also suggestive of organic matter. Around the middle section of the vase, there is an applique that has different patterns, flowers, and colors. The applique mainly uses gold and blues.
The top rim of the vase is decorated with different bulbs of glass, that, when it was still hot, the artist probably stretched upwards with special tongs, twisted once or twice, and then bent downward toward the body of the vase. This gives the lip of the vase the look of a blossomed flower. The bottom decoration near the legs is less consistent. It was formed by attaching different colored glass to the base while it was still cooling, but the artist was less particular in the way that he or she stretched out the. It is also not brought back toward the base, so it looks more like a rim, rather than individual petals.
When light shines through the top of the 
vase, a red shadow is cast. At the center of the shadow, there appears to be some sort of script, suggesting that it was written on either the inside or outside of the bottom of the vase. It was difficult to read what the writing said, so it is possible that it could be an artist signature, a collector’s mark, or a museum sticker.
The vase seems to be interested more in the different capabilities of glass in its gelatinous state, where it can be stretched, bent, and formed into different organic shapes. While I do not think it had a goal of depicting a flower specifically, I do think that the artist may have drawn inspiration from the natural world. This is also seen in the applique around the midsection, which incorporates different flowers. It would possibly have a functional use, as the legs were thicker and would probably be able to hold up a certain amount of weight, like a candle or a bouquet of flowers. It is also possible that it is simply decorative, as the artist seems to have maximized the space available for decoration.