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cordial glass
cordial glass

cordial glass

Object NamePair of Liquor Glasses
Designer Fumio Sassa (Japanese, b. 1924)
Factory Hoya Glass Company
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1985
Place MadeJapan, Tokyo
Techniqueprobably molded, cut, ground, polished
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number85.6.23
Credit LineGift of Hoya Crystal Gallery
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
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".
Provenance
Source Hoya Crystal Gallery - 1985-11-21
cordial glass
Fumio Sassa
about 1985
cordial glass
Fumio Sassa
about 1985
pitcher
975-1025
bottle
800-1099
decanter
Ivana Houserová
1980
bottle
200-399