Ruba Rombic

Ruba Rombic

 
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Object Name: 
Glass
Title: 
Ruba Rombic
Department
American
Place Made: 
United States, PA
Date: 
designed in 1928-1932
Color
AAT
topaz
Technique
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 6.8 cm, Diam 5.1 cm
Accession Number: 
92.4.121 G
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Glass. Transparent smoke topaz glass; mold-blown.Ab: silver (?) applied to some facets. Glasses: cylindrical shape with assymetrically faceted body. Tray: bascially ovoid shape with assymetrical facets (of different sizes and shapes) on side and bottom. Decanter: flatten almost spherical shape with short cylindrical neck, body design made up of assymetric facets of different sizes and shapes- stopper: made up of assymetric facets of different sizes and shapes, some facet faces silvered (?).
Provenance
Moderne Gallery, Source
1992-10-14
Craft in the Machine Age, 1920-1945
Venue(s)
American Craft Museum 1995-10-19 through 1996-02-26
Glass A to Z (2002) illustrated, p. 474; BIB# 73416
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1992 (1993) pp. 11, 18;
 
 
 
 

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