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Object NameFigurine in Moravian Folk Dress
Designer Jaroslav Brychta (Czech, 1895-1971)
Gaffer Jan Stuchlik (Czech)
Studio Železný Brod Secondary Glassmaking School
Made FromGlass
Date1935-1939
TechniqueHot-worked
SizeOverall H: 8.7 cm, W: 11.5 cm, D: 10.8 cm
Accession Number2022.3.1
Credit LineGift of Susanne K. Frantz
Curatorial Area(s)
Place Made
Czechoslovakia, Zelezny Brod
Physical DescriptionFigurine in Moravian Folk Dress. Blue, white, orange, green, and flesh-colored glass; hot-worked at the furnace. Figurine of a blue-eyed seated woman holding a bouquet of white and salmon-pink flowers. The figure is wearing a primarily green kerchief, a white blouse with large, ruffled sleeves, an orange corset or vest, and a primarily blue skirt, which is splayed out in front of her.
Provenance
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fragment
1400-1085 BCE
Whitefriars Inkwell
Whitefriars Glass Ltd.
about 1850-1860
fragment
25 BCE-99 CE
inlay
25 BCE-99 CE