Bottle
1983 (designed), 1984 (manufactured)
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Buff stoneware bottle, ovoid with flared neck. Covered with lustred glaze of reddish brown part-lustred in gold.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with lustred glaze |
| Brief description | Bottle, stoneware with lustred glaze, designed by Eva Zeisel, glazed by Peter Hesz, manufactured by Zsolnay Porcelain Co., Hungary, 1984. |
| Physical description | Buff stoneware bottle, ovoid with flared neck. Covered with lustred glaze of reddish brown part-lustred in gold. |
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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.168-1988 |
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| Record created | October 29, 2008 |
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