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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Blue Ornament With Wafer Top
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Blue Ornament With Wafer Top

Manufacturer Chicago Art Institute of Blenko Cullet
Designer George J. Thiewes (American, b. 1943)
CultureAmerican
DateNo Date
MediumGlass
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Base: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
InscribedMarked with diamond point on lower side: "Thiewes 70".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.7975
Not on view
DescriptionOrnament/sculpture. Blue; hollow; clear cylinder with sand blasted blue flat "wafer" top and bottom with band sand blasted blue from bottom and twice around the middle. Rough pontil.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
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