Cocktail Glass, "St Tropez," Part of Nine-Piece Setting
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Decorative Art, 4th Floor
MEDIUM
Glass
DATES
ca.1933
DIMENSIONS
3 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (8.9 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm)
Diameter of base: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Engraved on bottom in script (very faint): "Steuben"
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
72.40.19
CREDIT LINE
H. Randolph Lever Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Cocktail glass, part of a nine-piece setting, "St. Tropez" pattern. Colorless hand-blown glass, with hand-cut and hand-engraved decoration. Domed-shaped bowl and cylindrical stem with one sharp-edge collar and thick disc shaped base. Cut decoration consists of diagonal straight lines forming large diamonds around side of bowl. Single engraved circle at the top of each diamond and three graduated engraved circles suspended from the bottom. Broad engraved band going around the bowl at top of diamonds.
Condition: Excellent
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Decorative Art, 4th Floor
CAPTION
Steuben Glass, a division of Corning Glass Works, 1903-2011. Cocktail Glass, "St Tropez," Part of Nine-Piece Setting, ca.1933. Glass, 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (8.9 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 72.40.19. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 72.40.19_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
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