Zipper Set

Object NameGoblet

Maker Kjell Engman (Swedish, b. 1946)

Made FromGlass

Date1982

Place MadeSweden

SizeOverall H: 33.2 cm; Rim Diam: 9.7 cm

Accession Number83.3.202 A

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless; translucent to opaque bluish-gray; blown from two gathers; cased; sandblasted. Goblet. Conical bowl of colorless glass cased with translucent bluish-gray; rim plain, wall tapers and curves in at bottom; rim and top of wall slit and opened as if partly unzipped; relief decoration in gray on matte, sandblasted background: one horizontal band immediately below rim and one band which curves downward from bottom of slit to bottom of bowl in one almost complete clockwise revolution and which is sandblasted in form of zipper with sliding mechanism and tag at top. Tall, conical stem of opaque bluish-gray glass cased with colorless; at top, colorless disk-shaped knop above narrower, more bulbous colorless knop; hollow stem which curves outward at bottom to form trumpet-like foot with plain rounded edge. Signature engraved on inside of foot, near edge: "Abelje Boda K. Englman N. 19-82" (cursive).
Provenance

Source Kosta Boda AB - 1983-05-13