Eldorado

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Object Name: 
Automobile model
Title: 
Eldorado
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France, Nancy
Accession Number: 
86.3.101
Dimensions: 
H: 10.4 cm, L: 41.1 cm, W: 16.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1986
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; cast and sandblasted. Solid model of 1950's Cadillac with stylized exterior and internal concave modeling; exterior entirely polished except for sandblasted details (wheels, lower side exterior edges, "fins", V-8 engine, seats, spare tire); inscribed in script along mid-exterior edge "Daum France"; paper label on side, white on black logo with "Cristal/Daum".

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Daum et Cie (French, f. 1878), Source
1986-04-02
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
cast, sandblasted
casting