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1924

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1934

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Two Vases, Lotus

This is a Two Vases. It was manufactured by Fostoria Glass Company. Its medium is mold-blown transparent glasses.

Fostoria turned to artist and designer George Sakier to update its product lines with a modern aesthetic. Conceived for mass production, Sakier's vases evoke a stylized classicism through vertical fluting. The designs terminate in flat, perpendicular rims that evoke and industrial aesthetic.

  • Model 2409 Vase
  • mold-blown transparent glass.
  • Gift of George R. Kravis II.
  • 2015-41-3

Our curators have highlighted 1 object that are related to this one.

  • Lotus Vase
  • molded glass.
  • Gift of Daniel Morris and Denis Gallion.
  • 1993-134-17

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

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