Covered Jar

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Object Name: 
Covered Jar
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Federal Republic of Germany
Accession Number: 
85.3.21
Dimensions: 
(a&b) H: 6.7 cm, D: 5.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1985
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass; lampwork with silvered inclusion of cellular "platelettos", cut, ground and polished. (a) Cylindrical shape with overall inclusions of silvered, colorless, handmade glass "cells". (b) Dome shaped; object was blown in one piece, then cut apart and ground to create interlocking flanges; engraved on base "Kehr 85".

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Buechner, Thomas S. (American, 1926-2010), Source
1985-03-13
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
lampwork, silver inclusion, cut, ground, polished
lampworking
cut glass
ground glass