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Serpent in Glass

Serpent in Glass

 
Print
 
Object Name: 
Paperweight
Title: 
Serpent in Glass
Department
Modern
Maker(s)
Trabucco, Victor ((American, b. 1949)), Artist
Place Made: 
United States, Clarence, NY
Date: 
1999
Color
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purple
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colorless
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opacity
  • Physical Attributes Facet (ref)
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yellow
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black
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white
Technique
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lampworking
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cased glass
Material
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glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 7.5 cm, Diam (max): 9.8 cm
Accession Number: 
99.4.84
Credit Line: 
Gift of the artist
Location: 
On Display
Description
Colorless and opaque to transparent multi-colored glass; flameworked, cased. Dome shape with black and white snake with yellow stripe on rocky ground of purple flower, encased in colorless.
Inscription
Trabucco / 1999 Engraved bottom of base
Provenance
Trabucco, Victor ((American, b. 1949)), Source to 1999-09-01

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Exhibitions

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2006-11-16 through 2007-03-18
West Bridge Exhibit

Publications

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1999 (2000) p. 17;

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