container
Object Name"Kubus" Modular Container Set- 16 piece
Designer
Wilhelm Wagenfeld
(German, 1900-1990)
Maker
Vereinigte Lausitzer Glasverke
Made FromGlass
Datedesigned in 1938
TechniquePressed
SizeOverall H: 21.5 cm
Accession Number84.3.263
Credit LineGift of Barry Friedman and Patricia Pastor
Curatorial Area(s)
Germany
Second stacked unit comprises 1/3 of total mass and includes four container and three lids. (Fa&b) Bottom layer is a low, lidded unmarked rectangular container. On top of lid sits two stacked quarter-size containers with one corner of each formed into a pouring lip and opposite corner walls indented to form a non-pierced handle; (H) bottom pitcher is unlidded; (Ga&b) top pitcher is lidded and neither is marked. (Ia&b) Sitting next to the two small stacked pitchers in one large lidded pitcher of the same mass with same style indented finger-hold.
Provenance
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Corning Inc.
Corning Glass Works, Main Plant, "A" Factory
Gemco Ware, Inc
probably 500-699