flask

Object Name7 Flasks

Designer Erik Höglund (Swedish, 1932-1998)

Manufacturer Boda Bruks AB (Swedish)

Made FromGlass

Date1958

TechniqueBlown, applied, tooled, ground, polished

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number65.3.28

Credit LineGift of Harry Dennis, Jr.

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Title Unknown (Center of Science and Industry)

Place Made

Sweden

Physical DescriptionTransparent grey glass with innumerable very small bubbles; blown, applied, tooled, ground and polished. Flask with plain rounded rim; short, narrow, slightly tapering cylindrical neck; rounded shoulder; wall with shallow, convex profile, which curves in at bottom; flat, slightly concave base with ground and polished concavity at center; (A) applied decoration: single trail extends in shallow U-shaped curve across half of vessel from shoulder to shoulder with, at mid-point, impressed area with two horizontal ribs, the whole resembling arms with clasped hands; between arms, two short cylindrical blobs resembling breasts; scratched under base: "H 875/115"; (B) applied decoration: single trail extends in shallow U-shaped curve across half of vessel from top of wall to top of wall with, at mid-point, impressed area with two horizontal ribs, the whole resembling arms with clasped hands; (D,G) applied decoration: single trail extends in shallow U-shaped curve across half of vessel from shoulder to shoulder with, at mid-point, impressed area with horizontal ribs, the whole resembling arms with clasped hands; (E) applied decoration: single trail extends in shallow U-shaped curve across half of vessel from shoulder to shoulder with, at mid-point, impressed area with horizontal ribs, the whole resembling arms with clasped hands; scratched mark on bottom" "H.877 [illegible]."; (F) applied decoration: single trail extends in shallow U-shaped curve across half of vessel from shoulder to shoulder with, at mid-point, impressed area with horizontal ribs, the whole resembling arms with clasped hands; scratched mark on bottom "H.877-75" and wavy line.
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