"Panterri" (Panther) Vase

Object Name: 
"Panterri" (Panther) Vase

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Object Name: 
"Panterri" (Panther) Vase
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Finland, Nuutajarvi
Accession Number: 
87.3.32
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 19.9 cm, Diam (max): 11.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
designed in 1958-1959
Credit Line: 
Gift of Oppi Untracht
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass with olive green spots; blown with internal coloration and air traps. Cylindrical shape tapering towards the top; thick-walled, straight-sided vessel tapering and curving inward to lipless, narrow opening; overall internal decoration of large green discs, most topped by a small, crescent-shaped air trap; body curves in at base which is ground and polished flat; inscribed on base: "S. Hopea / Nuutajärij / Notsjo-58 / 16 . 12 . 1959 / Pilihiomo Sampo oy".

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Untracht, Oppi, Source
1987
Color: 
Colorless, olive green
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, cased
Inscription: 
S. Hopea Nuutajarij Notsjo-58 16 . 12 . 1959 Peilihiomo SAMPO oy.
Inscription
: 
on base

Exhibitions (1)

Decades in Glass: The 50's
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2003-09-22 through 2004-03-01
Corning Incorporated Gallery 2004-06-17 through 2004-10-03

Publications (3)

Exhibition looks at American studio glass movement (2005-11) illustrated, p. 36;
Recent Important Acquisitions, 30 (1988) illustrated, p. 113, #31; BIB# AI20606
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1987 (1988) p. 5; BIB# AI96382