cordial glass

Object NameLiquor Glass

Designer Fumio Sassa (Japanese, b. 1924)

Factory Hoya Glass Company

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1985

Place MadeJapan, Tokyo

Techniqueprobably molded, cut, ground, polished

SizeOverall H: 10.5 cm, W: 5.5 cm, D: 4.9 cm

Accession Number85.6.23 A

Credit LineGift of Hoya Crystal Gallery

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless glass; probably molded, cut, ground and polished. Liquor glass, with oval mouth and vertical wall. Rim plain; wall cut in eighteen identical vertical facets; base slightly concave, except for narrow ring at edge which is flat. On interior, wall descends vertically to mid-point; floor is concave. Lower part of object is solid. Acid-etched character on bottom. Metallic square label attached to wall, inscribed in silver on gray: "CRYSTAL / HOYA / MADE IN JAPAN 504".
Provenance

Source Hoya Crystal Gallery - 1985-11-21