Summary
Jar filled with multi coloured glass pieces used by artist Martha Ash circa 1996. Martha Ash was born in Poland in 1920 and lost all her family in the Holocaust. She came to Australia in 1949 where she studied ceramics, sculpture silver smithing, enamelling and glass mosaic. These pieces were used as part of her glass mosaic work. Martha Ash died in September 1996.
Physical Description
Small glass jam jar with metal lid partially filled with glass pieces. The lid is gold coloured with black printing and the glass pieces contained inside are green, yellow, red and brown. Most of the glass pieces are tiny chips, several are larger pieces.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from (Estate of) Martha Ash, 03 Feb 1997
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User
Mrs Martha Ash, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1996
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Inscriptions
Printing on lid: MONBULK/More like a jar of fruit than a jar of jam./SPC Limited. Andrew Fairley Ave., Shepparton, Vic. E9.
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overall dimensions
4.5 cm (Width), 4.5 cm (Height)
av. dimensions of chips: .4 x .3 x .2
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Keywords
Artworks, Crafts, Cultural Identity, Handcrafts, Jewish Communities, Jewish Customs, Jewish Immigration, Polish Communities, Polish Immigration, Religions: Judaism
