"Savoy" or "Aalto"

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Object Name: 
Savoy Vase
Title: 
"Savoy" or "Aalto"
Place Made: 
Accession Number: 
91.3.102
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 15 cm, W: 20.8 cm, D: 18.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1952-1956
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight P. Lanmon
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass; mold-blown (cast iron mold), polished. Slightly tapered, straight-sided form, with undulating, curved walls, with three large lobes and one small; ground and polished rim; flat bottom; scratched signature in block letters, "ALVAR AALTO - 3030." on the bottom.
Provenance: 
Lanmon, Lorri (American, b. 1932), Source
1991-12-19
Lanmon, Dwight P. (American, b. 1938), Source
1991-12-19
Color: 
Material: 
Il Corning Museum (2005-06) illustrated, p. 22 bottom right; BIB# AI98014