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Object NameJar with Cover

Artist Philip Baldwin (American, b. 1947)

Artist Monica Guggisberg (Swiss, b. 1955)

Made FromGlass

Date1982-1983

Place MadeSwitzerland

Size(A) H: (a) 17.9, (b) 8.6, (a&b) 23.4 cm, D: (a) 13.5 cm, (b) 12.4 cm; (B) H: (a) 5.5 cm, see index sheet for complete

Accession Number84.3.264 B

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless, translucent to transparent white with pink blush, translucent to transparent red or reddish-orange glasses; blown; rims finished at glory hole. A. (a) Jar with (b) cover. Jar: white at top, shading into colorless at bottom; rim everted and folded inward and slightly downward with plain lip and rounded outer edge; wall descends in concave curve, tapering and curving in at bottom; base plain with low kick; pontil mark. Signature scratched on underside of base with diamond point; two lines: "B/G '82/ NONFOUX". (b) Cover: red; hollow "mushroom-shaped" domed form with narrow flat top, and convex side which curves sharply in at bottom and the splays to merge with tapering bottom rim; rounded lip; pontil mark on top of dome removed by grinding and polishing, leaving shallow depression; B. (a) jar with (b) cover. Jar: white; rim everted and folded inward and slightly downward with plain lip and rounded outer edge; wall descends and curves in at bottom; base plain with low kick; pontil mark. Signature scratched on underside of base with diamond point; two lines: "B/G '83/ NONFOUX". (b) Cover: red; hollow "mushroom-shaped" domed form with rounded top and convex side which curves sharply in at bottom and the splays to merge with short, tapering bottom rim; rounded lip; pontil mark on top of dome removed by grinding and polishing, leaving shallow depression; C. (a) Jar with (b) cover. Jar: white; rim everted and folded inward and downward with plain lip and rounded outer edge; wall curves inward to bottom; base plain with low kick; pontil mark. Signature scratched on underside of base with diamond point; two lines: "NONFOUX/ B/G '83". (b) Cover: red; hollow "mushroom-shaped" domed form with rounded top and convex side which curves sharply in at bottom and the splays to merge with short, tapering bottom rim; rounded lip; pontil mark on top of dome removed by grinding and polishing, leaving shallow depression.
Provenance

Source Philip Baldwin (American, b. 1947) - 1984-05-04