charger
Object NameEngraved Charger
Designer
Erik Höglund
(Swedish, 1932-1998)
Manufacturer
Boda Bruks AB
(Swedish)
Made FromGlass
Date1967
Place MadeSweden, Boda
Techniqueblown, wheel-engraved, ground and polished
SizeOverall H: 4.7 cm, Diam: 53.5 cm
Accession Number69.3.19
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless, some bubbles; blown, wheel-engraved, ground and polished. Plate with very wide flange rim. Rim horizontal with plain rounded lip; shallow tapering wall; base plain, concave, with edge ground and polished to make foot ring. Wheel-engraved decoration on underside of flange rim and base, intended to be seen from inside. On rim, four irregularly-spaced groups of figures of uneven size: (from inside, clockwise from 12 o'clock) man and woman, naked, lying extended, facing each other and kissing; man and woman, naked, kneeling, facing each other and kissing; two dachshund-like animals, one male, the other presumably female, standing, facing each other with noses almost touching; man and two women, naked, standing, man and woman on right embracing, woman on left turning away. On base, round face with eyes, nose and mouth.Provenance
Source
Boda Bruks AB
(Swedish)
