Totentanz (The Dance of Death)

Title: 
Totentanz (The Dance of Death)

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Object Name: 
Vase
Title: 
Totentanz (The Dance of Death)
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Czech Republic, Kamenicky Senov (engraved and painted)
Czech Republic, Novy Bor (blank cut)
Accession Number: 
2010.3.169
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 15.2 cm, Diam: 12.9 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
designed in 2006
made in 2009
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass, yellow, green, red, blue, and white enamels; mold-blown, cut, enameled, copper-wheel engraved. Cylindrical vase widening slightly towards rim. Exterior of vase decorated with Alpine Dance of Death imagery, including cut and engraved scythe-wielding skeletons and enameled figures and flowers.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
J. & L. Lobmeyr (Austrian, f. 1823), Source
2010-11-17
Color: 
colorless
yellow
green
red
blue
white
Technique: 
mold-blown
cutting
enameling
copper-wheel engraved
Material: 
glass
enamel
Inscription: 
]LM
monogram
: 
Engraved exterior wall near base
[Lobmeyr logo]
monogram
: 
Engraved on base