Bowl

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Object Name: 
Bowl
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Federal Republic of Germany
Accession Number: 
81.3.41
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 4.7 cm, D: 19.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1981
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass, amber tint iridization, gold lustre, polychrome enamels; blown, manipulated while hot, iridized, enameled, fired. Low bowl with broadly flared rim; interior amber iridization and overall decoration of stylized flowers, foliage and insects; bowl tapers to flattened base, ground pontil; inscribed in script on base: "Eisch/81".

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Series: 
Poésie in Glas (Poetry in Glass)
Provenance: 
Glashutte Valentin Eisch, Source
1981-03-09
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
gold
colorless
amber
Technique: 
blown glass
iridescence
enameling
Material: 
glass
enamel
Copyright: 
© Erwin Eisch

Publications (1)

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1981 (1982) p. 4; BIB# AI97141