Ears of Corn and Mice

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Object Name: 
Bowl
Title: 
Ears of Corn and Mice
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Czechoslovakia, Novy Bor
Accession Number: 
86.3.51
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 6.6 cm; Rim Diam: 12.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1959
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass; mold-blown, cut, diamond-point engraved and stippled. Circular shape, with curved sides and flared rim; polished, flat rim edge; the sides decorated with a band of diamond-point engraved and stippled mice, wheat, strawberries, and flowers; polished, flat base; diamond-point engraved script inscription on the base, "L. Smrckova"; paper label with printed blue border and perforated edge, inscribed "c- 355" in brown ink; paper label inscribed "116589" 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: 
colorless
Technique: 
mold-blown, cut, diamond-point engraved, stippled
cut glass

Publications (1)

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