Ashtray

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Object Name: 
Ashtray
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Czechoslovakia, Nizbor
Accession Number: 
86.3.47
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 6.6 cm, W: 12.2 cm, D: 12.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1948
Primary Description: 
Transparent red-orange non-lead glass; blown. Triangular, pulled rim; with rounded indentations on the top of each point; hemispherical sides; polished flat base, with illegible inscription in white paint on the side; paper label inscribed "116585" in black ballpoint ink (now in object folder).

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Smrckova, Ludvika (Czech, 1903-1991), Former Collection
Art Centrum, Former Collection
1986
Color: 
Transparent red-orange
Technique: 
blown

Publications (2)

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1986 (1987) p. 6; BIB# AI96383
Recent Acquisitions: Corning (New Work) (1986) p. 38; BIB# AI16861