cordial glass

Object NamePair of Liquor Glasses

Designer Fumio Sassa (Japanese, b. 1924)

Factory Hoya Glass Company

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1985

Techniqueprobably molded, cut, ground, polished

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number85.6.23

Credit LineGift of Hoya Crystal Gallery

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

Japan, Tokyo

Physical DescriptionColorless glass; probably molded, cut, ground and polished. (A) Liquor glass, with oval mouth and vertical wall. Rim plain; wall cut in eighteen identical vertical facets; base slightly concave, except for narrow ring at edge which is flat. On interior, wall descends vertically to mid-point; floor is concave. Lower part of object is solid. Acid-etched character on bottom. Metallic square label attached to wall, inscribed in silver on gray: "CRYSTAL / HOYA / MADE IN JAPAN 504". (B): as (A): liquor glass, with oval mouth and vertical wall. Rim plain; wall cut in eighteen identical vertical facets; base slightly concave, except for narrow ring at edge which is flat. On interior, wall descends vertically to mid-point; floor is concave. Lower part of object is solid. Acid-etched character on bottom. Metallic square label attached to wall, inscribed in silver on gray: "CRYSTAL / HOYA / MADE IN JAPAN 504".
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