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Object NameEngraved Charger

Designer Erik Höglund (Swedish, 1932-1998)

Manufacturer Boda Bruks AB (Swedish)

Made FromGlass

Date1967

Techniqueblown, wheel-engraved, ground and polished

SizeOverall H: 4.7 cm, Diam: 53.5 cm

Accession Number69.3.19

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

Sweden, Boda

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.
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