dish

Object NameDish

Series

Mezzo

Maker Kosta Boda AB

Maker Jan Nilsson (b. 1940)

Made FromGlass

Date1987-1989

Place MadeSweden

Techniqueblown in mold, rim ground and polished

SizeH: 6.4 cm, D: 27.6 cm

Accession Number92.3.59

Credit LineGift of Kosta Boda AB

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless glass, with many transparent pale purple ("lilac") spots and patches, apparently associated with small bubbles; blown in mold, rim ground and polished. Dish, with stepped profile. Rim plain, with horizontal top and slight bevel at edge; wall descends in three sections of equal height, each with straight tapering side which curves inward at bottom; base plain. Acid-stamped or scratched signature under base, along edge: "Kosta Boda Ann Wåhlström 78763". Paper label attached to bottom of wall: in black on silver, "KOSTA BODA / KOSTA BODA AB, SWEDEN" in rectangle with black border above "HANDMADE".

Provenance

Source Kosta Boda AB