Ruba Rombic

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Object Name: 
Glass
Title: 
Ruba Rombic
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, PA
Accession Number: 
92.4.121 G
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 6.8 cm, Diam 5.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
designed in 1928-1932
Primary Description: 
Glass. Transparent smoke topaz glass; mold-blown.Ab: silver (?) applied to some facets. Glasses: cylindrical shape with assymetrically faceted body. Tray: bascially ovoid shape with assymetrical facets (of different sizes and shapes) on side and bottom. Decanter: flatten almost spherical shape with short cylindrical neck, body design made up of assymetric facets of different sizes and shapes- stopper: made up of assymetric facets of different sizes and shapes, some facet faces silvered (?).

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Moderne Gallery, Source
1992-10-14
Color: 
topaz
Technique: 
Mold Blown

Exhibitions (1)

Craft in the Machine Age, 1920-1945
Venue(s)
American Craft Museum 1995-10-19 through 1996-02-26

Publications (4)

Glass A to Z (2002) illustrated, p. 474; BIB# 73416
The Corning Museum of Glass: A Decade of Glass Collecting 1990-1999 (2000) pp. 76-77, #128; BIB# 65446
Craft in the Machine Age, 1920-1945: The History of Twentieth-century American Craft (1996) illustrated, p. 162 (bottom); BIB# 45927
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1992 (1993) pp. 11, 18; BIB# AI96377

Objects in Set (8)

Ruba Rombic
Artist:Haley, Reuben
Date:designed in 1928-1932
Accession Number:92.4.121
Ruba Rombic
Artist:Consolidated Lamp and Glass Company
Date:designed in 1928-1932
Accession Number:92.4.121 A
 
Ruba Rombic
Artist:Consolidated Lamp and Glass Company
Date:designed in 1928-1932
Accession Number:92.4.121 B
Ruba Rombic
Artist:Consolidated Lamp and Glass Company
Date:designed in 1928-1932
Accession Number:92.4.121 C
 
Ruba Rombic
Artist:Consolidated Lamp and Glass Company
Date:designed in 1928-1932
Accession Number:92.4.121 D
Ruba Rombic
Artist:Consolidated Lamp and Glass Company
Date:designed in 1928-1932
Accession Number:92.4.121 E
 
Ruba Rombic
Artist:Consolidated Lamp and Glass Company
Date:designed in 1928-1932
Accession Number:92.4.121 F
Ruba Rombic
Artist:Consolidated Lamp and Glass Company
Date:designed in 1928-1932
Accession Number:92.4.121 H