Skip to main content

vase

Object Name"Copper Ruby" Vase
Artist Fritz Dreisbach (American, b. 1941)
Studio University of Iowa
Made FromGlass, #475 Johns-Manville marbles, copper carbonate
Date1964
Place MadeUnited States, IA, Iowa City
TechniqueBlown, tooled, applied
SizeOverall H: 20.7 cm, Diam (max): 6.5 cm
Accession Number2005.4.171
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Decades in Glass: The 60's
Not On View
Physical DescriptionCopper Ruby Vase. Almost colorless glass with greenish tint, translucent red glass, (#475 Johns-Manville marbles with added copper); blown, tooled, applied. Vase with swirled red color to body, applied colorless trail around rim and colorless foot.
Provenance
Source Fritz Dreisbach (American, b. 1941)
Object copyright© Fritz Dreisbach
Allegria (Happiness) Bottle
Vetri Decorativi Rag. Aureliano Toso Glassworks
designed in 1952
Vizner Collection
František Vízner
2010
tableware
Jan Nemeček
2010
Endeavor
Lino Tagliapietra
2004
scientific instrument
Corning Inc.
probably 1970-1989