Flowers on Pokal

Object NameEnameled Goblet

Designer Ulrica Hydman-Vallien (Swedish, 1938-2018)

Manufacturer Kosta Boda AB

Made FromLead glass, paper

Date1978

Place MadeSweden, Kosta

TechniqueBlown, tooled, enameled, fired

SizeOverall H: 21.3 cm; Rim Diam: 10.6 cm

Accession Number83.3.249

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

New Glass: A Worldwide Survey

Not On View

Physical DescriptionEnameled Goblet, "Flowers on Pokal". Colorless, opaque white lead glasses, polychrome enamels; blown, tooled, rolled in crushed glass or enamel, enameled, fired at 1000 degrees F. Footed goblet with deep bowl with irregular fire-polished lipless rim; bowl decorated with translucent opal-pink background, two stylized female faces on opposite walls each with pointed yellow locks of hair or crowns outlined in orange, blue eyes and noses, red lips and cheeks, under each face enameled in orange script: "Skål; heads are separated by two yellow crowns on opposite walls; twisted stem of bubbly glass enameled pale green; slightly domed circular foot; rough pontil; enameled in white script on pontil: "Ulrica/Boda-Afors/Unik 556 843/ULRICA".
Provenance

Source Kosta Boda AB - 1978-1983-12-22