bowl

Object NameBowl with Bronze Mount and Marble Base

Maker Johann Lötz Witwe (Bohemian Factory)

Made FromGlass, marble, bronze

Dateabout 1880-1910

Techniqueblown, applied decoration, iridized surface

Accession Number63.3.104

Credit LineGift of Fletcher Ford and Mrs. Sally Recker in memory of Lola Kincaid Ford

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

Bohemia, probably Klastersky Mlyn (Klostermuehle)

Physical DescriptionGreen non-lead glass, marble, bronze; blown, applied decoration, iridized surface. Circular bowl with inturned rim, nearly covered with a layer of random irregular threading of the same color; iridescent surface, polished pontil mark on base. Bronze frame has four supports rising from the marble base: two end in looped handles on top and two shorter ones end in winged heads. The bowl fits on a circle of bronze attached to all four supports and in between the handles. The supports are also fastened to a smaller, lower circle half-way between the bowl and the four-sided marble base.
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