bottle
Object NameVanity Set of a Bottle, Stopper and Mirror
Maker
William Happel Jr.
Made FromGlass
Date1976
Place MadeUnited States
Techniqueblown, cut, polished
SizeH (with stopper): 13.4 cm, W: 18 cm; D (mirror): 8 cm
Accession Number76.4.25
Credit LinePurchased with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical Description(a) Black glass bottle with (b) blue tinted stopper and (c) black glass mirror; blown cut and polished. (a) Bottle with flat polished rim, short glossy cylindrical neck; resembles headless bust with matte (acid-polished?) surface, vertical cut and polished at end of each shoulder; flat matte polished base signed "William Happel J4. #14001 1976" and circular paper label L.96.4.76Aa; loose fitting (b) stopper of seven fused solid spheres decreasing in size towards top and arching to one side; base is elongated four sided pyramidal form fused to largest sphere; circular concave (c) mirror) cut and polished flat on one side.Provenance
Source
William Happel Jr.
- 1976-06-24
