Goblet
Object number2023.126.9
ManufacturerPossibly
McKee Glass Company
Date1885-1895
MediumGlass
Credit LineGift of Anne P. Madarasz
DescriptionColorless glass goblet. Goblet has a circular base with a stem and a rounded body with a circular, open mouth. Body is decorated with a repeating pattern of a textured oval in a shield and a cornucopia shape with engraved ridges and a textured diamond band. Three etched images of a fern branch directly under the rim. Bottom of goblet has multiple carved points radiating out from the center. DimensionsHeight x Diameter: 5.875 x 3 in. (14.9 x 7.6 cm)Historical NotesLiberty pattern goblet, also known as Cornucopia pattern. Possibly made by McKee Glass Company. Irene Pasinski Sailer was an artist, the founder of Irene Pasinski Associates, and a founder of the Carnival of Three Rivers which later became the Three Rivers Regatta. She was born on October 14, 1923 to Anthony and Mary Waichler. After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1945 from Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie Mellon University, she attended Ecole du Louvre, and Institut d'Art Applique a l'Industrie in Paris, France on a Fulbright Fellowship. Pasinski returned to Pittsburgh and founded Irene Pasinski Associates, a product design firm, in 1956 where she remained the director until 1995. Her firm designed products for Lenox China and The Franklin Mint, among others, and designed signage for the Pittsburgh International Airport. While building her business, Pasinski concentrated on her career as an artist exhibiting in Pittsburgh and New York and serving as a board member and as a president of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. She began in the 1940s by creating abstract impressionistic paintings. Later, she worked in mixed media sculptural and relief forms. Pasinski's influence in Pittsburgh went beyond the art world. She initiated the Carnival of Three Rivers in 1976 which became the Three Rivers Regatta, an annual event since 1977. Pasinski also served on the board of directors of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts where she was also president. Pasinski died on June 19, 2002 in Turtle Creek, Pa.
Collector
Irene Pasinski Sailer
(1923 - 2002)
Related institution
Irene Pasinski Associates
Related institution
Carnegie Mellon University
Related institution
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
Related institution
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Subjects
On View
Not on view
1908
