"Unica" Vase

"Unica" Vase

 
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Object Name: 
"Unica" Vase
Department
Modern
Place Made: 
Sweden, Kosta
Date: 
designed in 1958
Color
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blue
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colorless
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amber
Technique
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cased glass
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blow molding
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grinding
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fire polishing
Material
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lead glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 21.1 cm, W: 18.3 cm, D: 7.9 cm
Accession Number: 
58.3.63
Location: 
On Display
Description
Colorless, transparent blue, pale amber lead glasses; blown with internal latticino decoration; ground, polished. Flattened teardrop shape vase with extremely heavy walls, narrow lipless fire-polished opening; heavy colorless wall encases smaller ovoid cavity of amber cased in colorless with fine vertical blue stripes; ground and polished concave pontil area, base ground and polished flat; inscribed in block letters on base: "UNICA/530/KOSTA ("S" is topped with small crown)/SWEDEN".
Inscription
UNICA/530/KOSTA/SWEDEN
Inscription
:
Scratch engraved on base in block letters. "S" in KOSTA is topped with small crown
Provenance
Kosta Boda AB, Source
1958
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2003-09-22 through 2004-03-01
Corning Incorporated Gallery 2004-06-17 through 2004-10-03
Glass 1959: A Special Exhibition of International Contemporary Glass
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1959 through 1959
 
Glass 1959: A Special Exhibition of International Contemporary Glass (1959) illustrated, p. 280, pl. 246; BIB# 27614

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