Mickey's Birth

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Object Name: 
Bowl
Title: 
Mickey's Birth
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Sweden, Kosta, Transjo
Accession Number: 
2012.3.48
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 7.9 cm, Diam (max): 24.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1982
Credit Line: 
Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser
Primary Description: 
Bowl, "Mickey's Birth". Multicolored glass; cased, blown, cut, scratch-engraved, sandblasted, acid-etched. Circular multicolored bowl with red rim. Cut and scratch-engraved decoration including two figures joined at the head; one figure is giving birth to Mickey.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Greenberg, Daniel, Source
2012-12-31
Steinhauser, Susan, Source
2012-12-31
Kurland/Summers Gallery, Former Collection
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
multicolored
Technique: 
cased glass
glassblowing
cutting
engraving
sandblasting
acid-etching
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
53
label
: 
Affixed on base rectangular white sticker with handwritten number in black ink
J22/Wolff/1900
label
: 
Affixed on base rectangular white sticker with handwritten number in blue ink
Ann Wärff - WiLKF
signature
: 
Engraved on bottom of bowl in script and print
Copyright: 
© Ann (Warff) Wolff

Publications (1)

Contemporary Glass Sculpture: the Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser collection (2012) illustrated, p. 117 (bottom); BIB# 146109