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Object Name2 Coasters

Factory Corning Inc.

Maker Lorenzo Porcelli

Made FromNon-lead fotoform

Date1993

Techniquephotosensitive glass has photographic image

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number95.4.360

Credit LineGift of Susanne K. Frantz

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionOpaque black,translucent white or pale gray non-lead fotoform; photosensitive glass has photographic image transferred to it and submitted to light, then acid-etched. Two flat circular disks: (A) opaque white, both sides covered with intaglio design of two grids crossing at right angles to form a square comprised of small squares, on one side the lines are etched to a greater depth creating the appearance of a tan background; (B) opaque black, both sides decorated with intaglio line drawing of a section of the Corning Incorporated headquarters located on the banks of the Chemung River, image sits within a circular, very narrow linear border; chipped side section reveals that disk is a "sandwich" of two layers of glass, one is solid black, the other fades from black at the exterior to colorless; impressed in block letters at center right edge (both sides) of white example: "CORNING".
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