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tumbler

Object NameTumbler with Bird of Paradise

Maker Karlovarské sklo (Moser Glassworks)

Maker Vera Lišková (Czech, 1924-1985)

Made FromGlass

Date1950

Place MadeCzechoslovakia, Karlovy Vary

TechniqueBlown, Engraved

SizeOverall H: 9.4 cm, Diam: 8.7 cm

Accession Number64.3.89

Credit LineGift of the Artist

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Glass Behind the Iron Curtain: Czech Design, 1948-1978

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless glass; blown; rim ground and polished; decoration wheel-engraved. Tumbler: rim plain with flat ground and polished top; straight, tapering wall, which curves in at bottom; base plain with very low kick; pontil mark. Engraved decoration on one side of wall: stork walking to right, head lifted and beak open revealing tongue, wings outspread with long feathers which reach almost to ground; between bird's feet, small clump of vegetation; to left, above its wings, one very small cloud. Signature scratched with diamond point on underside of base, near edge: "V. LIºKOVÁ 1949".
Provenance

Source Vera Lišková (Czech, 1924-1985) - 1964