Rock Crystal Bowl
Rock Crystal Bowl
Artist
Josef Hoffmann
Austrian, 1870-1956
Dateabout 1905
DimensionsH: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); L: 11 1/8 in. (28.2 cm); W: 7 1/2 in. (19 cm)
MediumRock crystal bowl, carved. cut, and polished; chased silver mount
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Florence Scott Libbey Bequest in Memory of her Father, Maurice A. Scott
Object number
1980.9
Not on View
Collections
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Bauhaus Experiment: Art & Design from the Toledo Museum of Art, August 25, 2020-February 7, 2021.Label TextRock crystal, the clear and colorless variety of quartz, has been prized since antiquity for its transparency. Traditionally, the most precious rock crystal vessels were large in scale and flawless, without quartz’s more characteristic striations and mineral inclusions. In the early 20th century, craftsmen and designers like Josef Hoffmann recognized the naturally occurring internal lines and bands of the mineral as inherently beautiful and more expressive of nature than the flawless specimens preferred earlier.- Decorative Arts
1782-1789
metalwork, 1200-1225; rock crystal, 820-860
1787
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