figurine

Object NameHedgehog with Fruit

Maker Vera Lišková (Czech, 1924-1985)

Made FromBorosilicate glass

Date1970

TechniqueFlameworked

SizeOverall H: 26.8 cm, L: 27.8 cm

Accession Number71.3.9

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Glass Behind the Iron Curtain: Czech Design, 1948-1978

Place Made

Czechoslovakia, Prague

Physical DescriptionColorless; flameworked. Hedgehog. Body hollow, made from one piece of glass; roughly egg-shaped, but with underside flattened and pushed in slightly to form oval concavity; wider end flattened and then pulled outward and upward to represent snout; body is covered with spiky protrusions that have been pulled out and pinched at the tips, which terminate in blobs; on hedgehog's back, "impale" on spines, three hollow fruit with stalks, each made from one piece of glass; two pears and one apple. Signed and dated: "V. Liªková/1970" scratched with diamond point on base toward rear end.
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