wine-glass
- Museum number
- 2014,8024.180.a-b
- Description
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Pair of wine-glasses, clear glass, free-blown, a smaller cone-shaped foot and a larger conel-shaped bowl, joined by a bulbous sphere of solid glass.
- Production date
- 1954 (designed)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 8.30 centimetres (larger end)
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Diameter: 5.70 centimetres (smaller end)
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Height: 15.40 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- These double-ended wine-glasses were part of a series called 'Gala' (model no. 2129). They came in eight different sizes. References to this model can be found in the following publication:
O. Untracht, 'Saara Hopea-Untracht, Life and Work', Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Helsinki, 1988, pp. 90-96.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2014
- Acquisition notes
- Possibly the two 'diablo' glasses purchased by the donors from Kruuna, Helsinki, on 2 August 2013.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 2014,8024.180.a-b
