Vogelkopf

Object NameVase

Maker Freia Schulze (b. 1950)

Made FromNon-lead glass, enamels

Date1984

Place MadeWest Germany

TechniqueMold-blown,cracked-off,ground,polished,sandblasted

SizeOverall H: 39.8 cm, D: 12.1 cm

Accession Number85.3.64

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Zweiter Coburger Glaspreis fur moderne Glasgestaltung in Europa, 1985

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass with pink, blue, green and white enamels; mold-blown, cracked-off, ground, polished, sandblasted, diamond-point engraved, painted. Tall colorless cylindrical shape, ground and polished rim, sandblasted from base to approximately one-third the distance from top rendering it translucent, then loosely and thinly brushed with pale pastels creating a feather patterning over body and base of cylinder; emerging from top edge of brushwork is a head of a bird with slightly opened beak which has been sandblasted then detailed with diamond-point engraving; inscribed on base "FS" in a square.
Provenance

Source Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg - 1985-07-23