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Mini Twist Bowl

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MANUFACTURER Wovo
MEDIUM San (plastic)
  • Place Manufactured: China
  • DATES Designed 2002
    DIMENSIONS 1 1/2 x 12 1/8 x 6 in. (3.8 x 30.8 x 15.2 cm)  (show scale)
    MARKINGS Molded on bottom of center section: "WOVO [the W is inscribed within ovoid (egg)] / DISHWASHER / SAFE / [food safe symbol: silhouette of wine glass and fork] / CHINA"
    ACCESSION NUMBER 2004.93.3
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Sam Farber
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Red transparent hard plastic three-part dish. Two smaller ovoid sections flank larger ovoid section, each concave. Junctures between the small flanking and larger center sections give appearance of having been twisted once. Original packaging retained. Condition: Very good. Six points on rim (two on each section) are rough, perhaps abraded (part of manufacture?). One abraded line on center section on underside.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
    CAPTION Scott Henderson, Smart Design. Mini Twist Bowl, Designed 2002. San (plastic), 1 1/2 x 12 1/8 x 6 in. (3.8 x 30.8 x 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Sam Farber, 2004.93.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Scott Henderson, CUR.2004.93.3.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.2004.93.3.jpg. Scott Henderson, 2024
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