Purple wine glass belonging to Etta Moten Barnett: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This is a wine glass with a purple bowl and clear stem belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. It consists of a tall narrow purple glass bowl shaped like a cone. Beginning at the base of the bowl are carved lines in a diamond pattern that reaches two-thirds of the way to the top of the bowl. There is a smooth transition from the bowl to the clear stem, with no break between the two. There is no decoration on the stem. On the underside of the base is white etched text that reads “VERA WANG / WEDGEWOOD.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2002-2004
• Designed by: Vera Ellen Wang, Chinese American, born 1949
• Manufactured by: Enoch Wedgwood Ltd, English, founded 1860
• Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
• Type: wine glasses
• Medium: glass
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 10 7/8 × 3 × 3 in. (27.7 × 7.6 × 7.6 cm)
• Place used: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Broadway Theatre
• Topic: Cooking and dining
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Topic: Women
• Object number: A2022.13.1.49
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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