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Object NameBottle

Maker Bertil Vallien (Swedish, b. 1938)

Maker Kosta Boda AB

Made FromGlass

Date1979

Place MadeSweden

Techniquemold-blown, applied

SizeOverall H: 41.5 cm, W (max): 25.1 cm

Accession Number79.3.51

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTransparent blue; mold-blown (two gathers), rim finished at furnace, bit dropped on and tooled, part of underside of base ground and polished. Bottle: four-sided (rectangular). Rim slightly everted, with rounded lip; tall, narrow cylindrical neck which splays toward bottom and merges with rounded shoulder, especially on longer axis; second gather covers shoulder and body; wall descends vertically; flat base with ground and polished concave area at center. Bit applied to lower part of neck, drawn outward and tooled into flat, hand-like projection with "thumb" and four "fingers". Acid-etched or engraved signature on underside of base: "BODA/ ATELJE/ 240/3/ B. VALLIEN".
Provenance

Source Kosta Boda AB - 1979-03-27