Fly Catcher

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Object Name: 
Fly Catcher
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
2012.4.37
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 12.3 cm, Diam (max): 10 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1925-1945
Credit Line: 
Gift of Jerry Wright
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass with purple tint; pressed, hot-worked. Teardrop-shaped bottle with circular medallion on front reading, "ARP". Base of bottle has been opened and pulled upward to form a volcano-like cone on inside.

More Info

Department: 
Modern; Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Wright, Jerry E. (American, b. 1932), Source
2010-12-30
to
2012-03
Mossy Bank Mecantile, Former Collection
2010-12-30
Color: 
colorless
purple
Technique: 
pressing
hot-worked
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
ARP
inscription
: 
Pressed on front