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Object Name: 
Object
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Czechoslovakia, Novy Bor
Accession Number: 
83.3.239
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 26.3 cm, W: 19.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1960
Primary Description: 
Object. Colorless glass; blown, hot-worked, applied bits. Spherical body, applied conical legs; sphere with eight applied appendages, four of which act as legs; amber gray "prunts" (small bits of glass) applied as decoration over the sphere; rough polished area around hole at base of sphere; signed near hole "R. Roubick/ 1960".

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Dan Klein Ltd, Former Collection
1983
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
hot-working
Material: 
glass

Exhibitions (2)

Glass Behind the Iron Curtain: Czech Design, 1948-1978
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2002-05-16 through 2002-10-21
National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library 2003-02-28 through 2003-09-28
Corning Incorporated Gallery
Masters of Czech Glass 1945-1965
Venue(s)
Dan Klein Ltd