Blackberry Bowl

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Object Name: 
Blackberry Bowl
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Czechoslovakia
Accession Number: 
86.3.61
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 6.2 cm; Rim Diam: 18.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1985
Primary Description: 
Translucent brown non-lead glass; cut, slumped and fused. Low bowl with broad rim; double-layered walls taper towards narrow base; at the top, outside layer only curves out and down to form a broad rim; glass has been decorated on one half with overlaid sections suggesting leaves, stems and berries; acid-finished to give overall interior satin finish; flat, narrow base; inscribed "Jitka Forejtova/f1985" on underside of lip.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Pattern Name: 
Blackberry 114 017
Provenance: 
Boue & Co. KG., Former Collection
1986
Color: 
transparent brown
Technique: 
cut, slumped, fused
cut glass

Exhibitions (1)

Frankfurt International Trade Fair
Frankfurt am Main Germany

Publications (1)

Recent Acquisitions: Corning (New Work) (1986) p. 38; BIB# AI16861