Blumenbaum (Flower Tree)
Designer: Marie Kirschner (Czech, 1852-1931)
Manufacturer: Johann Loetz Witwe Glassworks (Bohemian)
Date: 1904
Dimensions:
H: 22 in. (55.9 cm)
Medium: Colorless glass; mold-blown, tooled, fire-polished.
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 2004.51
DescriptionVertical hollow form, mold-blown of colorless glass into an optic mold, tooled to form the hollow, lenticular base, cylindrical stem, and elongated conical crown of the tree. Thin concentric trails of colorless glass are applied to the top of the base and wound around two-thirds of the stem. The rim of the narrow opening at the top is fire-polished, and the pontil mark under the base is ground and polished. The conical section of the tree is drilled with nine rows of five, four, or three holes.
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