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Object NameVase
Maker Daum Freres (French)
Made FromGlass
Date1960-1969
Place MadeFrance, Nancy
Techniqueblown into mold, withdrawn, finished at furnace
SizeOverall H: 10.8 cm; Base Diam: 4.8 cm; Rim (max) W: 12.8 cm; Rim (min) W: 5.2 cm
Accession Number94.3.93
Credit LineBequest of Suzanne Nady
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionVase. Colorless glass; blown into mold, withdrawn, and finished at furnace; cut and polished. Vase with six sides. Rim rounded, and drawn out and up at junctions of sides; each projection is of different height, and mouth of vessel is widest between largest two projections. Wall tapers, each side becoming narrower until at bottom it tapers to point; junctions of sides have ribs at top, but as these descend they become less prominent and at bottom they become lobes of six-sided, rosette-shaped base; base flat, ground and polished, with beveled edge. Engraved signature at bottom of wall: "Daum France" (cursive).
Provenance
Source Estate of Suzanne Nady
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