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Cobalt blue

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Object Details

Designer

Michael Powolny, Austrian, 1871 - 1954

Manufacturer

J. & L. Lobmeyr GmbH, Vienna, Austria, founded ca. 1935
Glasfabrik Johann Loetz Witwe, Czech Republic, 1836 – 1947

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Thin, cobalt blue, blown glass fruit bowl with knob on stem and four tooled handles each with three finger holes.

Credit Line

Museum purchase through gift of Dale and Doug Anderson, Anonymous Donor, Arthur Liu, and Prairie Pictures, Inc. and from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund

Date

1918

Accession Number

2009-18-122

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

glasswares
Decorative Arts

Object Name

Fruit bowl

Type

Fruit bowl

Medium

mold and mouth-blown blue-green "sapphire" glass

Dimensions

H x diam.: 15 x 20.3 cm (5 7/8 x 8 in.)

designed in

Vienna, Austria

made in

Klostermuehle ( now Klášterský Mlýn), Bohemia (present day Czech Republic)

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq497828889-9bc5-414f-8dfb-69794b12c381

Record ID

chndm_2009-18-122

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