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Object NameChess Piece: Pawn
Made FromGlass
Date1100-1299
TechniqueHot-worked on pontil, applied, dragged, marvered
SizeOverall H: 3 cm; Base Diam: 2.3 cm
Accession Number76.1.121
Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
For Show, Not Play: Glass Chess Sets
Not On View
Physical DescriptionChess Piece: Pawn. Opaque deep green, with opaque red trail. Hot-worked on pontil; applied, dragged, marvered. Chess piece: solid. Upper one-third conical; lower two-thirds cylindrical, but slightly wider at bottom than at top; pontil mark circular (D. 0.6 cm). Decorated with trail that was dropped onto bottom of side and wound spirally eight times around entire cylinder and lower part of cone, dragged to form 12 contiguous vertical or sloping festoons, and marvered.
Provenance
Source Derek Content - 1976-01-01
Source Carl Sandler Berkowitz - 1976-01-01
Former Collection Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982)

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