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bowl

Object NameBowl
Designer Antonin Daum (French, 1864-1931)
Maker Louis Majorelle (French, 1859-1926)
Made FromNon-lead glass, iron
Dateabout 1920
Techniqueoverlay, blown in a wrought and welded iron cage
Accession Number63.3.57
Credit LineGift of Alfred Wolkenberg
Curatorial Area(s)
Place Made
France, Nancy
Physical DescriptionTransparent red, blue, colorless non-lead glass; overlay, blown in a wrought and welded iron cage. Shallow, circular shape; marbled red-and-blue overlay on colorless on red lining; the glass blown inside an iron cage, with a horizontal ring at top, above several vertical and angled rods below, connected to a pair of horizontal rings at the base; the glass with polished flat rim; rounded top, rounded ribs projecting partly through the openings in the iron; circular foot with rounded bulge through the base rings; flat bottom; engraved script "Daum [Cross of Lorraine] Nancy" and "L. Majorelle"; engraved script "Daum [Cross of Lorraine] Nancy" and "L. Majorelle".
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