Twist

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Object Name: 
Tumbler
Title: 
Twist
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
94.4.169
Dimensions: 
H: 11.7 cm, D(rim): 8.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1949-1953
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass; mold-blown. Tumbler with lipless fire polished circular rim, body swells slightly then tapers to approximate center of walls where it starts to twist into narrow thick solid slightly squared foot; slightly concave base, mold marks, no pontil; two paper labels applied to walls: "circular with chartreuse background--IMPERIAL/AMERICAN HAND MADE/by/(signature facsimile) Russel Wright; hexagonal white--(red type)Imperial/110-680/12.OZ./TUMBLER".

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Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Series: 
Twist
Provenance: 
Keller, Joseph, Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
mold-blown