Wineglass

Wineglass

 
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Object Name: 
Wineglass
Department
Modern
Place Made: 
Sweden, Orrefors
Date: 
about 1920-1940
Color
AAT
colorless
Dimensions: 
H: 18.2 cm, D(rim): 9.3 cm, (foot): 9 cm
Accession Number: 
79.3.1142
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Colorless lead glass; blown, pattern-molded, trailed. Ovoid bowl with flat bottom; trailed rigaree rim at the base; stem with short, straight section above a small ball knop, and a columnar section with trailed ring, above a vertically-ribbed trumpet-shaped foot with wavy rim; shield-shaped light blue paper sticker on the bottom of the foot rim, printed in gold "ORREFORS / SWEDEN" above a wreath enclosing a bird; no pontil mark.
Provenance
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source

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