bowl
Object NameLobed Bowl
Maker
Daum Freres
(French)
Made FromGlass, Metal Foils
Date1910-1920
Place MadeFrance, Nancy
Techniqueblown, cased
SizeH: 7 cm, D(max): 24.4 cm
Accession Number63.3.108
Credit LineGift of Fletcher Ford and Mrs. Sally Recker in memory of Lola Kincaid Ford
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewModern Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless glass with yellowish-green, yellowish-brown and purple overlays; blown; colorless gather overlaid with yellowish-green, yellowish-brown and purpled, gold foiled, and colorless; inflated to full size; transferred to pontil; rim tooled and finished at glory hole; base ground and polished. Bowl with plain rounded rim and trefoil mouth made by tooling; wall bulges outward and then curves in to bottom; plain base with ground and polished depression at center and ground and polished ring at edge. Interior appears irregular yellowish-green, darker at bottom; outside is rich deep purple toward bottom and under base, and yellowish-brown mottled with purple from about mid-point to rim; on lower part of wall, three patches of gold foil which appear orange to red; signature at bottom of wall, presumably acid-etched: "DAUM" Cross of Lorraine "NANCY".Provenance
Source
Sally Recker
- 1963-09-26
Source
Fletcher Ford
- 1963-09-26
