Automobile Mascot

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Object Name: 
Automobile Mascot
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
possibly Czech Republic (manufactured)
possibly England, Manchester (retailed)
Accession Number: 
2016.3.1
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 8.5 cm, W: 11.4 cm, D: 3.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1920-1929
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Thomas P. Dimitroff Family
Primary Description: 
Automobile Mascot. Colorless glass; mold-pressed, acid-etched. Glass object in the form of a female head tilted upward with open mouth and hair flowing behind her. Base of mascot is threaded.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Dimitroff, Thomas P., Source
2016-03-16
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing
acid-etching
Material: 
glass

Publications (1)

Major Glass, Library Acquisitions Added to Corning Museum Collection (2017) illustrated, p. 446 (bottom); BIB# AI104500