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tumbler

Object NameTumbler

Made FromGlass, chrome-plated metal

Dateabout 1950-1960

Place MadeUnited States

Size(A-H) H: 14.1 cm, D: 7.2 cm; (I) H: 21.5 cm, L: 33.5 cm, W: 17.2 cm

Accession Number94.4.106 D

Credit LineGift of Susanne K. Frantz

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless glass, chrome-plated metal; (tumblers) machine-made; (caddy) assembled from prefabricated parts by welding. (A-H) Eight identical tumblers. Rim plain; wall straight, slightly tapered; base thick, with concavity at center of underside. Silver decoration on wall: continuous horizontal band immediately below rim, below which are three identical heraldic motifs consisting of roughly triangular shields flanked by tendrils and surmounted by foliage and helmeted head facing left; shields are divided into three horizontal bands with vegetal motifs at top, wavy horizontal line between straight lines at center, and six rings at bottom. At bottom left of one shield, signature "Kimiko" in "oriental" script. (I) Caddy, rectangular, shaped like basket, with stand, two horizontal frames, and handle. Stand consists of two closely spaced horizontal rods of circular cross section, which run down longer axis of caddy and are joined near their ends by two short sections of identical rod; ends of longer rods are bent and angled so that they become four splayed legs, which stand on small spheres. Tumblers rest on lower frame which has continuous (welded) outer element made of circular-section rod and two parallel, longitudinal struts, also of circular cross section, welded to ends of outer element, and which is welded to lower legs; tumblers are kept in place by upper, larger horizontal frame, which has outer element with ribbon-like cross section and textured surface, and three rods of circular cross section with their ends bent and welded to longer sides of outer element, making eight more or less identical compartments. Handle is upright, and consists of bent ribbon-like strip above and outside bent rod; these are welded together toward lower ends and separated at top by two small spheres; lower extremities of handle are bent around short crossbars of frame.
Provenance

Source Susanne K. Frantz