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ruler

Object NameRuler
Maker Tiroler Glashütte KG
Made FromGlass
Date1984
Techniquecast, wheel-cut, ground and polished, acid-etched
SizeL: 35.3 cm, W(max): 1.9 cm
Accession Number84.3.253
Credit LineGift of Prof. Claus Josef Riedel
Place Made
Austria
Physical DescriptionColorless; cast, wheel-cut, ground and polished, acid-etched. Ruler. Hexagonal rod; ends perpendicular to main axis, chamfered at edges. Ends and extremities of sides have matte acid-etched surface; three sides have additional wheel-cutting and/or acid-etching: top has, toward left end, acid-etched inscription "YOURS [ ]," bracketed part being illegible cursive signature; lower back sides has thirty-one wheel-cut lines running from edge to edge, perpendicular to main axis, at 1.0 cm intervals, lines 2-31 having on left, near bottom, different acid-etched number: in order, 1-30, intended to be read through glass; upper front has, near left end, acid-etched maker's logo.
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