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Object Timeline

1930	Work on this object began.
1940	Work on this object ended.
1999	We acquired this object.
2000	We photographed this object. We photographed this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
2024	You found it!

Jar And Cover (Germany)

This is a Jar and cover. It was manufactured by Villeroy and Boch. It is dated ca. 1935 and we acquired it in 1999. Its medium is glazed earthenware. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Victor Wiener. It is credited Gift of Victor Wiener.

The present black and white photograph features a prototype of Gustav Jensen's patented design for a table-top radio cabinet, here positioned on a round glass table resting on a carpet. In the background is a furniture unit composed of a sofa-with-attached-end-tables fabricated of a hard-surfaced material, perhaps marble or plastic, and a seat cushion and arm rests, apparently of tufted velvet. The featured object, a spherical radio cabinet on a thin cylindrical pedestal, has five ziggurat levels, beginning about midway and diminishing in size from there to the top; the sound is emitted through the openings. The tuning dial is located on the base. The carpet, visible through the table top and beyond, features a design of swirling flowers in a lighter tone than the background.

Photograph, Interior with Table-Top Ziggurat Radio Cabinet
black and white silver gelatin print.
Gift of Ellen Gustav Jensen.
1956-47-84-n

A glossy blue orb held in place by four metal rings that revolve around the orb in different directions; this silhouette resembles an atom.

Twisted Circles Brooch
cold connected - riveted stainless steel and acrylic.
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-96

Its dimensions are

a & b) 18h x 15 5 diameter cm (7 1/16 x 6 1/8 in. )

Cite this object as

Jar And Cover (Germany); Manufactured by Villeroy and Boch (Germany); glazed earthenware; a & b) 18h x 15 5 diameter cm (7 1/16 x 6 1/8 in. ); Gift of Victor Wiener; 1999-57-32-a,b

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DHut/
Accession Number 1999-57-32-a,b
Object ID 18675215