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tumbler
tumbler

tumbler

Object NameTumbler
Maker Ann (Wärff) Wolff (German, b. 1937)
Made FromGlass
Date1983
Place MadeSweden
Techniqueprobably etched and engraved
SizeH: 10 cm, D: 7.6 cm
Accession Number83.3.198
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless, blue, amber, and rose tinted glass; flashings of color over colorless; probably etched and engraved. Cylindrical form tapers slightly toward base, rounded rim; two parallel branches with leaves on one side on predominantly blue ground; opposite side has standing nude female figure with very long hair and arms at sides on rose ground; to left of figure near base is long snouted creature with small tail and numerous flippers, fins, spines and or layers of fur; rough pontil on base. Signed twice near base "Ann Warff" and "Ann Warff.WILKE"; "MERETE, DIE SPATE".
Provenance
Source Lucille Strauss (1908-1994)
percolator
Corning Glass Works, Muskogee
about 1973
skillet
Corning Glass Works, Martinsburg
about 1960
basket
Dale Chihuly
1979
bottle
1855-1856
container
Wilhelm Wagenfeld
designed in 1938