Matka Troijaan
Form
08/1997-09/1997 (made), 1992 (designed)
08/1997-09/1997 (made), 1992 (designed)
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Like a teapot in a shopping trolley. A glass vessel within a metal mesh with metal wheels and a square stopper made of glass and metal. The wheels turn, enabling the object to move.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | glass, steel, copper, free-blown, assembled mesh |
| Brief description | Chariot from Journey to Troy series, glass, steel, copper, designed by Markku Salo for Nuutajärvi, Finland, designed 1992, made 1997. |
| Physical description | Like a teapot in a shopping trolley. A glass vessel within a metal mesh with metal wheels and a square stopper made of glass and metal. The wheels turn, enabling the object to move. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Gallery label | Chariot from the series Journey to Troy
Glass blown into a metal mesh mould
Designed and made by Markku Salo, 1997
Gift of Hackman Designor(11/1997) |
| Credit line | Given by Hackman Designor |
| Object history | Specially made for the Victoria and Albert Museum after a previous example arrived broken. The series of vankkurit (Finnish: 'chariot'), kaksijalka (Finnish: 'bipod') and torni (Finnish: 'tower') forms in various dimensions, colourways and patterning are part of the general series 'Matka Troijiaan' (Finnish: 'Journey to Troy'). The series was designed in 1992 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Nuutajärvi glass works in 1993. This example follows the broken example in form and colouring. Several variants exist on the original theme and all are limited editions. |
| Production | Reason For Production: Exhibition |
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| Other number | 9840 - Glass gallery number |
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| Accession number | C.189:1, 2-1997 |
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| Record created | December 30, 1997 |
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