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Object NameCovered Container

Maker Fachschule für Glasindustrie

Makerpossibly Johann. Oertel & Co. (f. 1896)

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1910-1917

Place MadeBohemia

TechniqueCased, mold-blown, cut, polished, ground

SizeOverall H: 13.9 cm; (a) Container H: 7.6 cm, Diam (max): 16.7 cm; (b) Cover H: 7.7 cm, Diam (max): 13.1 cm

Accession Number89.3.18

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionCovered Container. Colorless, cased with opaque white, lead glass, then translucent red glass; mold-blown, cased, cut, polished. Round covered container; (a) shallow bowl with constricted lipless, ground rim, body swells out then tapers in slightly at base; cut decoration of two bands of large circles separated by band of "circle within four-point stars"; slightly concave base cut with outer band of egg shapes encircling a large center circle; no foot, no pontil; unsigned; (b) cover with solid straight stem handle, the tip of which has been cut in a six-point notched star pattern, sides cut with two bands of small connected horizontal pointed ovals; sloping top of cover cut in a band of small circles encircled by a band of larger circles, each separated by a band of "circle within a four-point star" cuts, colorless straight inset flange.
Provenance

Source Arman Absentee Auctions - 1989-02-24
Yaeger Early American Glass, Part I, lot 118