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Object NamePlate with Linear Decoration
Maker
Academy of Applied Arts
Maker
Karel Vaňura
(Czech, 1937 - 2018)
Made FromGlass
Date1956
Place MadeCzechoslovakia, Prague
TechniqueBlown, acid-etched
SizeOverall H: 3.2 cm, Diam: 35.4 cm
Accession Number83.3.241
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Masters of Czech Glass 1945-1965
Glass Behind the Iron Curtain: Czech Design, 1948-1978
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless glass; blown, ground, and polished, acid-etched. Shallow, circular plate with rim ground and polished flat; overall interior etched decoration of narrow, slightly uneven, closely-hatched lines forming three-lobed design (like stylized flower petals) cut off by plate edge, one thick line almost bisects the plate, near plate edge the end of that line tapers and meets (at a right angle) the mid-point of a short thick line; flattened, slightly concave base, no pontil; inscribed on back near rim: "Vanura 56".Provenance
Former Collection
Dan Klein Ltd.
- 1983
