Artist/Maker Unknown
Date Production/Creation
1920-25
Entry in the museum collection
2000
Place of origin
Chênée glassworks, Belgium, Europe
Current location
Museum of Walloon Life - Province of Liège, Belgium
Material
Multicoloured blown glass and clear spun glass
Dimension
15 × 6 × 20 cm.
Inventory Number 5052740
Keyword Art Work Rubbish
Copyright Province of Liège – Museum of Walloon Life
Status In storage
Image Credit Province of Liège – Museum of Walloon Life
Waste is part of every industrial process. But the expert eye sees potential in factory scraps.
What is this object about, who are the people behind it?
Horse in blown glass, with decorative elements that have been spun and worked with tongs. A piece created by a glassworker during his leisure time.
What places is this object related to, how European/transnational is it?
This glass horse is a legacy of the blown-glass industry in Liège, which is internationally recognised for its expertise.
Why and how did this object arrive in the museum’s collection?
Unknown.
What is the relation of this object to waste?
In the pause between producing orders glassblowers would practise with scrap pieces of pate de verre glass. Instead of throwing them away, they used their imagination to create glass items known as "bousillé" pieces, like this horse.
