beaker
Object NameDecanter, 2 Beakers
Maker
Vereinigte Farbenglaswerke AG
Made FromNon-lead glass
Dateabout 1957
Place MadeGermany
Techniqueblown, tooled, ground, polished
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number61.3.307
Credit LineGift of Vereinigte Farbenglaswerke AG
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass 1959: A Special Exhibition of International Contemporary Glass
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent smokey-gray and amethyst non-lead glasses; blown, tooled, ground, polished. Stopppered decanter: (a) stopper has flared, slightly conical top with waisted stem sloping down to solid amethyst shank; (b) pear-shaped vessel with elongated, slightly flared opening with firepolished rim; widest point of body tapers in towards narrow base blending with amethyst color; base ground and polished flat, no pontil; Beakers: waisted thinly-blown tumblers, upper two-thirds of body is conical flaring towards lipless rim, smokey-gray color blending to narrow amethyst base; base slightly conical, no pontil; unsigned.Provenance
Source
Vereinigte Farbenglaswerke AG
- 1961-07-12
