New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Tumbler

Artist Ann Wolff (German, born 1937)

Maker Wilke Adolfsson (Swedish, born 1940)

CultureSwedish

Date1983

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Base: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)

InscribedEngraved mark near bottom: "Ann Warff-Wilke".

Credit LineGift of Kathryn K. Porter

Object number84.62

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 117, Study Gallery Case 3, Section 4 Sh2

DescriptionTumbler/vase of blown colorless glass. Cased half-post method with slightly diagonal vertical of red, yellow & blue in a mold-blown style of two curved fern designs to colorless. Etched on reverse with two kneeling nude women and a triangle of speckled section.

Published ReferencesCatalog ANN WARFF, c. 1983, intro by Helga Hilschenz, Hanover, W. Germ. Museum.