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tea caddy

Object NameContainer for Tea and Lid

Designer Hisatoshi Iwata (Japanese, 1925-1994)

Factory Iwata Glass Co., Ltd.

Made FromGlass

Date1979

Place MadeJapan, Tokyo

Techniquecased, blown, cut, polished

SizeOverall H: 9 cm, W: 7.2 cm, D: 6.2 cm

Accession Number85.6.10

Credit LineGift of Iwata Glass Co., Ltd.

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Hisatoshi Iwata (1984)

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Physical DescriptionTransparent cobalt blue, colorless and teal glasses; cased, blown, cut and polished. Vertical hexagonal box; small covered container of one parison with hexagonally cut sides revealing casing of transparent teal over colorless over cobalt blue; domed lid has been sliced from body and polished flat on bottom, top has been cut flat and then concavely carved leaving a circular impression with a flat circumference; top of container has been cut and polished into a circular vertical flange which fits within lid rim; base of container has been cut flat with a chamfered foot rim then bottom central surface has been carved and polished into a concave indentation; three protective circles of heavy paper are applied to bottom.
Provenance

Source Iwata Glass Co., Ltd. - 1930-18-04