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serving dish

Object NameCaviar Set

Designer Ted Muehling (American, b. 1953)

Factory F. X. Nachtmann Bleikristallwerke GmbH

Factory Steuben Glass, Inc. (1903-)

Made FromGlass, Sterling Silver, Mother-of-Pearl

Date2005

Place MadeGermany, Riedlhutte (glass); United States, NY, Corning (cold-worked)

Techniquemold-blown, cut, ground, polished

Size(a) H: 7.3 cm, W: 22.2 cm, D: 18.6 cm; (b) H: 5.3 cm, W: 10.2 cm, D: 7.1 cm; (c) H: 4.9 cm, W: 12.8 cm, D: 9.5 cm; (d) H: 1 cm, L: 9.8 cm, W: 2.2 cm

Accession Number2009.4.346

Credit LineGift of Corning Inc.

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Making Ideas: Experiments in Design at GlassLab

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless glass; mold-blown, cut, ground, polished; silver mount; mother-of-pearl spoon. Large bowl (to hold ice) with cut tortoise-shell pattern on the outer surface and an inner sterling silver support to hold a smaller bowl (to hold caviar) cut in the tortoise-shell pattern with a mother-of-pearl caviar spoon.
Provenance

Source Corning Inc. - 2010-01-18