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On display at V&A South Kensington
Glass, Room 131

Animal

Form
1996 (designed), 1996 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bottle-like with four legs and a yellow head.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleAnimal (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Glass blown into a metal wire frame.
Brief description
'Animal', glass bottle blown into a wire cage, designed by Markku Salo for Nuutajärvi glassworks, Finland, 1996
Physical description
Bottle-like with four legs and a yellow head.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19cm
  • Length: 61cm
  • Width: 13.5cm
Production typeLimited edition
Marks and inscriptions
'Markku Salo Nuutajärvi Notsjö 1996' (Makers's mark; signature; Finnish; incised; Salo, Markku; 1996)
Gallery label
Animal Glass blown into a metal wire frame Designed by Markku Salo, 1996; made by the Nuutajärvi glass team. Gift of Hackman Designor(11/1997)
Credit line
Given by Hackman Designor
Object history
One of a series of three (the others are entitled 'Load' and 'Checkmate').
Exhibited: finnish post-war glass [1945-1996] at Reg Vardy Gallery, Sunderland (22.6.96-30.8.96) & Manchester City Aret Gallery (??-March 1997).
Bibliographic references
  • Finnish Glass Lives 3. Riihimäki, 1995. p.65.
  • Dawson, Jack (ed)., Finnish post war glass (1945-1996), Sunderland: University of Sunderland, 1996.
Other number
9839 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Accession number
C.181-1997

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Record createdDecember 29, 1997
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