Flask
1983 (designed), 1984 (manufactured)
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Buff stoneware flask of flattened ovoid shape with circular depression in the centre of each side, flared rim. Covered with lustred glaze, grey/blue with purplish gold iridescene.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with lustred glaze |
| Brief description | Flask, stoneware with lustred glaze, designed by Eva Zeisel, glazed by Peter Hesz, manufactured by Zsolnay Porcelain Co., Hungary, 1984. |
| Physical description | Buff stoneware flask of flattened ovoid shape with circular depression in the centre of each side, flared rim. Covered with lustred glaze, grey/blue with purplish gold iridescene. |
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| Credit line | Given by the designer |
| Object history | Vitrified white body. The lustre pigment develops in the kiln by reduction and is fired several times. Sometimes the glaze is applied in several layers. (note made by JVG Mallet in conversation with E.Z. June 1988). |
| Bibliographic reference | Eidelberg, Martin. Eva Zeisel: Designer for industry. published with an exhibition organised by Le Château Dufresne, Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Montréal and the Smithsonian Institution Travelling Exhibition Service, Montreal: Le Château Dufresne, 1984, pp.64, 115-116. |
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| Accession number | C.167-1988 |
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| Record created | October 29, 2008 |
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