Beer Glass

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Object Name: 
Beer Glass
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
West Germany, Hoehr-Grenzhausen
Accession Number: 
82.3.88
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 17.3 cm, Diam (max): 8.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1977
Credit Line: 
Gift Rastal-Werk
Primary Description: 
Beer Glass, "Gunz". Colorless non-lead glass; blown. Waisted cylindrical shape with polished top rim and flat, heavy base.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Pattern Name: 
"Gunz"
Provenance: 
Rastal-Werk, Source
1977-08-19
to
1982-11-19
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
MADE / IN / GERMANY
label
: 
Sticker Paper label: "MADE / IN / GERMANY".

Exhibitions (1)

New Glass: A Worldwide Survey
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1979 through 1979
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
The Renwick Gallery
Toledo Museum of Art

Publications (1)

New Glass: A Worldwide Survey (1979) illustrated, p. 185, #191; BIB# 20603