Jenaer Teapot
Manufacturer
Jenaer Glasswerk Schott & Gen.
(German, founded 1884)
Designer
Wilhelm Wagenfeld
(German, 1900 - 1990)
CultureGerman
Date1931
MediumBlown and pressed borosilicate glass
Dimensions4 5/8 × 5 3/4 × 10 1/8 in. (11.7 × 14.6 × 25.7 cm)
MarkingsMarks: same mark appears twice, on inside of lid and bottom of teapot, both impressed in mold: circle inscribed in a square, inside circle around top is “Schott & Gen.”; inside circle around bottom is “Jenaer Glas”; beneath square: “1 Ltr.”
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2007.24
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 119, Case 56
Label TextWilhelm Wagenfeld, designer German, 1900 - 1990 Jenaer Glasswerk Schott & Gen. German, founded 1884 Jenaer Teapot, ca. 1931 Heat-resistant glass, 4 5/8 × 5 3/4 × 10 1/8 in. Museum purchase 2007.24 ProvenanceSotheby's, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Museum purchase, 2007 Published ReferencesTorsten Brohan and Martin Eidelberg, _Glass of the Avant-Garde: From Vienna Secession to Bauhaus_ (New York: Prestel Verlag, 2001) Diane C. Wright (editor), _Glass Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017), pg. 146-147.
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