Limited Edition Classic Car

Title: 
Limited Edition Classic Car

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Object Name: 
Model of car
Title: 
Limited Edition Classic Car
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
86.4.20
Dimensions: 
H: 4.3 cm, L: 11.9 cm, W: 5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1986
Credit Line: 
Gift of Iris Arc Crystal
Primary Description: 
Colorless and red 32% non-lead glasses; cut and assembled. Stylized open sports car; small automobile model in form of open, two passenger sports car with spare tire mounted on the rear trunk; basic prism parts have been cut and faceted into each component, polished, then adhered together, small red reflectors of deep red, single cut glass "jewels"; acid-stamped on bottom of trunk area "IRIS ARC cO 19116".

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Iris Arc Crystal, Source
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
Colorless, red
colorless
Technique: 
Cut, assembled
cut glass
Copyright: 
© Iris Arc Crystal

Publications (2)

New Glass Review, 7 (1986) illustrated, p. 17, pl. 40;
Recent Acquisitions: Corning (New Work) (1986) p. 38; BIB# AI16861