U.C.L.A. Spring Cone Series

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Object Name:

2 Bedspring Cone Cups

Title:

U.C.L.A. Spring Cone Series

Department

Modern

Maker(s)

Simpson, Lewis C. "Buster" ((American, b. 1942)), Artist

Statom, Therman ((American, b. 1953)), Assistant

Place Made:

United States, WA, Seattle

Date:

1983

Color

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colorless

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aqua

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gray

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silver

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Technique

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lampworking

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Material

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glass

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steel

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Dimensions:

(A) Cup H: 15.1 cm, Base Diam: 10.2 cm; (B) Cup H: 16 cm, Base Diam: 10.2 cm

Accession Number:

86.4.21

Location:

See Individual Records

Description

Colorless (aqua cast) non-lead glass; hot-worked glass; chromed bedspring. Cup section cast in a thick, threaded conical shape with solid base tip, rim is pulled upward on one side to form an asymmetrical opening; heavy steel wire wraps twice around threading then loosely spirals outward forming stem, finally turns in a complete circle closing itself by 1-1/2 wraps and forming a foot; unsigned.

Provenance

Frantz, Susanne K., Source

1986-04-30

Publications (3)
Objects In Set (2)

Publications

Curiously Interesting: The Corning Museum of Glass Presents All things Odd and Glass (2007-06) illustrated, p. 2, 18;

Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from The Corning Museum of Glass (1989) illustrated, p. 205; BIB# 32803

Recent Acquisitions: Corning (New Work) (1986) p. 38;

Objects In Set

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