flask

Object NameFlask

Designer Erik Höglund (Swedish, 1932-1998)

Manufacturer Boda Bruks AB (Swedish)

Made FromGlass

Date1958

Size(A) H: 11.4 cm; (B) H: 11.1 cm; (D) H: 7.9 cm; (E) 7.7 cm; (F) H: 7.9 cm; (G) H: 7.8 cm

Accession Number65.3.28 F

Credit LineGift of Harry Dennis, Jr.

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

Sweden

Physical DescriptionTransparent grey glass with innumerable very small bubbles; blown, applied, tooled, ground and polished. Flask with plain rounded rim; short, narrow, slightly tapering cylindrical neck; rounded shoulder; wall with shallow, convex profile, which curves in at bottom; flat, slightly concave base with ground and polished concavity at center; applied decoration: single trail extends in shallow U-shaped curve across half of vessel from shoulder to shoulder with, at mid-point, impressed area with horizontal ribs, the whole resembling arms with clasped hands; scratched mark on bottom "H.877-75" and wavy line.
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