Bowl

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Object Name: 
Bowl
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Belgium, Seraing
Accession Number: 
2002.3.31
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 8.4 cm, Diam (max): 15.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
made in 1901
designed in 1897
Web Description: 
This was one of several designs created by Ledru for the 1897 world’s fair in Brussels. The Val St. Lambert pavilion at this exposition was designed by the renowned Belgian Art Nouveau architect Victor Horta (1861–1947).

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Mallett & Son (Antiques) Ltd., Former Collection
2002-08-22
Color: 
Colorless, transparent blue, orange
colorless
Technique: 
Mold blown, cased, cut
Inscription: 
1901
Date
: 
Diamond point On bottom of base

Description

Primary Description: 
Colorless, transparent blue and orange glass; blown, tooled, cased, cut, ground and polished. Bowl with a wavy orange rim and a blue cut to orange body.

Publications (2)

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2002 (2003) illustrated, p. 14, top; BIB# AI93609
Le Verre en Belgique (1989) p. 286; BIB# 34552