Funny Jar

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Object Name: 
Jar
Title: 
Funny Jar
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, CA
Accession Number: 
85.4.29
Dimensions: 
(a) Overall H: 20.1 cm, Diam: 13.2 cm; (b) Overall H: 2.9 cm, Diam: 9.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1935-1955
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Grace Norman-Wilcox
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass; blown. (a) Cylindrical jar with slightly narrower neck; no collar; rough pontil mark on base. Jar is filled to overflowing with an assortment of miscellaneous objects dating from about 1900 to the present including an ivory piano key, dolls, buttons, theatre tickets, pinecones, keys, scraps of fabric and paper and string. (b) Metal lid is handmade and lined with tin; outer surface is covered with rust but may be tin as well.

More Info

Department: 
Modern; Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Norman-Wilcox, Grace Steen (American, 1898-1995), Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
blown

Exhibitions (1)

Curiosities of Glassmaking
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2007-04-01 through 2007-10-21
West Bridge Show