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cordial glass
cordial glass

cordial glass

Object NameLiquor Glass
Designer Fumio Sassa (Japanese, b. 1924)
Factory Hoya Glass Company
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1985
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)
Place Made
Japan, Tokyo
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
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fragment
50 BCE-25 CE
jar
1100-1399; 1900-1979
Continental Can Co., Inc.
about 1967
about 1200-1299 (a-c, e-f); possibly 600-799 (d)