Ahti 4388

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Object Name: 
Bowl
Title: 
Ahti 4388
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Finland
Accession Number: 
86.3.32
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 12.8 cm, Diam: 26.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1933
Primary Description: 
Transparent pale aqua glass; pressed, acid polished. Low cylindrical bowl with inset foot; low heavy bowl, flat polished lipless rim; walls taper slightly in towards base, decorated in relief with single stylized fish in relief with stylized waves encircling vessel; body turns under sharply and extends down to form a deeply inset heavy foot; base polished flat; overall acid etching to give stain surface; unsigned.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Hagelstamin Huttokaupat, Oy W., Source
1986-04-21
Color: 
Transparent pale aqua
Technique: 
pressed, acid polished
pressing

Exhibitions (1)

The Modern Spirit - Glass From Finland
Venue(s)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 1985-10-01 through 1986-01-05

Publications (2)

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1986 (1987) p. 6; BIB# AI96383
The Modern Spirit - Glass From Finland (1985) pl. 74; BIB# 31728