Schnapps Glass

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Object Name: 
Schnapps Glass
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Denmark, Birkerod
Accession Number: 
83.3.246 D
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 12 cm; Rim Diam: 4.6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1978
Primary Description: 
Schnapps Glass. Colorless glass, with blue swirl; blown (gathered in at least three stages (colorless, blue, and colorless). Snaps glass. Bowl narrow and conical, with rounded rim and concave floor; stem solid, cylindrical, with blue swirl encased in colorless; foot shallow, conical, slightly concave underneath; pontil mark, engraved with monogram "KJ".

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Kerrn-Jesperson, Jesper (Danish, b. 1947), Source
1978
to
1983-12-22
Color: 
colorless
blue
Technique: 
glassblowing
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
KJ
monogram
: 
Engraved on pontil mark

Objects in Set (6)

6 Schnapps Glasses
Artist:Kerrn-Jesperson, Jesper
Date:1978
Accession Number:83.3.246
Schnapps Glass
Artist:Kerrn-Jesperson, Jesper
Date:1978
Accession Number:83.3.246 A
 
Schnapps Glass
Artist:Kerrn-Jesperson, Jesper
Date:1978
Accession Number:83.3.246 B
Schnapps Glass
Artist:Kerrn-Jesperson, Jesper
Date:1978
Accession Number:83.3.246 C
 
Schnapps Glass
Artist:Kerrn-Jesperson, Jesper
Date:1978
Accession Number:83.3.246 E
Schnapps Glass
Artist:Kerrn-Jesperson, Jesper
Date:1978
Accession Number:83.3.246 F