ewer

Object NameEwer

Manufacturer Fukuoka Tokushu Garasu Kabushiki Kaisha (JA), Fukuoka Art Glass Company

Made FromLead Glass, Soda Glass

Dateabout 1954

Place MadeJapan, Kyushu-chiho, Fukuoka, Fukuoka

Techniqueblown, manipulated, applied, ground

SizeOverall H: 21 cm; Body Diam: 13.4 cm

Accession Number55.6.9

Credit LineGift of the Asahi Glass Company

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionMultiple-layer glass: inner layer of colorless soda glass; middle layer of amethyst glass of high lead content; further cased in opaque gray soda glass; blown and manipulated. Low bulbous body tapering to slender cylindrical neck; small suggested spout, body further tapering toward flat base; applied solid handle of colorless glass; ground pontil mark revealing transparent amethyst layer.
Provenance

Source Asahi Glass Company (Japanese, 1908-1913) - 1955-01-25