Wine glass from the Princess Series

Designer Bent Ole Severin (Denmark, 1925 -2012)

Artist Kastrup OG Holmegaard Glasverker A/S (1823-2008)

Date1958 (designed); about 1959 (made)

DimensionsH: 16.5 cm; Diam. (rim) 7.5 cm; Diam. (foot) 5.2 cm.

MediumColorless lead glass, blown and mold-formed, tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward T. Hill

Object number

2013.161

Not on View

DescriptionColorless non-lead glass, blown and mold-formed. The glass has a conical shape and thin-walled blown bowl narrowing to thin waist. The lower part of gather molded to form inverted cone of solid heavy glass with an air bubble in the center.

Published References

"New Acquisitions," New Glass Review 35, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, 2014, repr. (col.) p.125.

Exhibition History

cf. Toledo Museum of Art; Corning, Corning Museum of Glass, Glass 1959: a Special Exhibition of International Contemporary Glass, Feb. 1-28, 1960.