Nose Cup

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Object Name: 
Vessel
Title: 
Nose Cup
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
2012.4.52
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 10.9 cm, W: 10.4 cm, D: 6.6 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1972-1974
Credit Line: 
Gift of Richard Marquis
Web Description: 
The "Nose Cup" was donated by Richard Marquis with memories of 7th Street and 6th and Gilman, Berkeley.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Marquis, Richard (American, b. 1945), Source
1975
to
2012-04-24
Naess, Robert (American, b. 1943), Former Collection
1972
to
1975
Color: 
red
Technique: 
glassblowing
hot-worked
applied decoration
Material: 
glass
Copyright: 
© Robert Naess

Description

Primary Description: 
Vessel, "Nose Cup". Transparent red glass; blown, hot-worked, applied. Conical cup set atop a nose-shaped "stem" and oval foot. Curved handle applied to base of cup and top of nose.