bowl
Object NameBowl
Maker
Johann Lötz Witwe
(Bohemian Factory)
Made FromGlass
Date1900
Place MadeAustria
Techniqueblown, applied, tooled, iridized, ground, polished
SizeOverall H: 4.5 cm, Diam (max): 9.6 cm; Rim Diam (max): 8.4 cm
Accession Number63.3.90
Credit LineGift of Fletcher Ford and Mrs. Sally Recker in memory of Lola Kincaid Ford
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionBowl. Colorless glass, with translucent purplish brown trails; blown, applied, tooled, iridized, ground and polished. Bowl, shallow, with eight-lobed rim. Rim plain; wall with convex profile, curving outward to greatest diameter below mid-point, then in to bottom; base plain, ground and polished, with ground and polished concavity where pontil mark was removed. Decorated from rim to edge of base with multiple wavy trails which cross one another, creating irregular lattice reminiscent of loosely woven osiers. Top of rim and whole of exterior covered with purple to pale green iridescence, which imparts purple lustre to trails, especially near rim.Provenance
Source
Fletcher Ford
- 1963-09-26
Source
Sally Recker
- 1963-09-26
