cylinder

Object NameEnameled Cylinder

Maker Isgard Moje-Wohlgemuth (German, b. East Prussia, 1941)

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Date1989

Place MadeFederal Republic of Germany

Techniqueblown, painted, enameled

SizeH: 51.7 cm, D: 27.5 cm

Accession Number90.3.3

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Exhibition of German Craft

Deutsches Kunsthandwerk

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass, white enamel base, red, gold, black coloration; blown blank, painted with fine white enamel and fired to 600 degrees C., then painted again and fired two more times, sandblasted, painted with gold lustre and fired to 600, last firing with tin-ash-oxyd to 630 degrees. Tall, deep, straight-walled, thinly-blown lipless cylinder with slightly uneven top edge; body has overall abstract enameled decoration of diagonal lines wrapping in opposite directions from top and base and overlapping in the middle; scattered masked areas revealing uncolored glass; slightly iridized overall matte surface; slighly concave base, no pontil; inscribed: "Isgard Moje-Wohlgemuth HT 1989-S".
Provenance

Source Isgard Moje-Wohlgemuth (German, b. East Prussia, 1941) - 1990-01-18