Lid

Description

Lid of white glass, slightly translucent, with faded foliate decoration in gold: Europe, Czechoslovakia, used in West Asia, Iraq, Baghdad, c.1942

Museum reference

A.1979.83

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Lid

Production information

Czechoslovakia, EUROPE

Date

First half 20th century

Materials

Glass

Physical description

white glass, slightly translucent, with faded foliate decoration in gold.

Associations

Place of use: Baghdad, Iraq, West Asia

References

Carboni, Stefano and Whitehouse, David. 2001. 'Glass of the Sultans', The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Corning Museum of Glass, pp. 280-281, and figs. 148-150