Object Details
- Description
- Set of 18 clear glass rectangular and square-shaped modular, nesting food and beverage storage containers and lids. Containers range in height from 1 3/4 in. to 6 1/4 in. Group includes: two 7 1/8 in. square dishes (-1,-2), one 7 1/8 in. square lid (-3); two rectangular dishes and lids (-4/-7), one tall 3 1/2 in. square pitcher (-8), two short 3 5/8 in. square pitchers (-11,-12), four 3 1/2 in. square dishes (-13/-16), four 3 1/2 in. square lids, (-9, -10,-17, -18).
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Designer
- Wilhelm Wagenfeld, German, 1900–1990
- Manufacturer
- Vereinigte Lausitzer Glaswerke AG, Weisswasser, Germany
- Date
- 1938
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase from Sir Arthur Bryan and General Acquisitions Endowment Funds
- Medium
- Machine-molded and pressed glass
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (elements arranged as a group): 21 x 27.5 x 26 cm (8 1/4 x 10 13/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
- Type
- glasswares
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- Stacking storage container set
- Type
- Stacking storage container set
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