Vessel

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Object Name: 
Vessel
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Federal Republic of Germany
Accession Number: 
81.3.40
Dimensions: 
H: 14.9 cm, D(max): 20.9 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1981
Primary Description: 
Opaque black non-lead glass, amber iridization, gold and platinum lustres, polychrome enamels; blown, manipulated while hot, hot-applications, iridized, enameled, fired. Flattened bulbous vessel, narrow opening with lip wrap; large applied flattened salamander with overall spotted platinum lustre decoration wraps around shoulder, body decorated with enameled bunches of small daisies; overall gold lustre on vessel body; slightly concave base ground flat, ground pontil; inscribed in script on base: "Eisch/81/M.W.".

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Series: 
Poésie in Glas (Poetry in Glass)
Provenance: 
Glashutte Valentin Eisch, Source
1981-03-09
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
Opaque black, amber, gold
amber
Technique: 
blown, manipulated while hot, hot-applications
Copyright: 
© Erwin Eisch