Bowl

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Object Name: 
Bowl
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England, Bath and Northeast Somerset, Bath
Accession Number: 
86.2.4
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 9.8 cm, Diam: 21 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1985
Primary Description: 
Translucent black, blue, gray and colorless 24% lead glasses; blown, overlaid, stone wheel cut, sandblasted, acid polished. Heavy thick-walled low bowl comprised of several layers of glass -- from outside to inside: thin black, thick colorless, thin bright blue; thin colorless, thin gray; rim has been sawn then ground into two interlocking bevels slanted in opposite directions; exterior is hand and acid-polished to a matte finish; inside gray layer has overall sandblasted textera through which the blue layer can be perceived; footless base has been ground flat and polished; signed and dated on bottom of base: "Rachel Woodman 1985".

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Coleridge of Highgate, Former Collection
1986-04-02
Color: 
Translucent Black, Blue, Gray, Colorless
blue
gray
Technique: 
Overfang Blown, Sandblasted, Cut, Overlaid, Polished, Ground
sandblasting
polishing
cut glass
Inscription: 
Rachael Woodman 1985
Signature and date
: 
Base

Publications (3)

Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from The Corning Museum of Glass (1989) illustrated, p. 185; BIB# 32803
Recent Acquisitions: Corning (New Work) (1986) p. 38; BIB# AI16861
Double Act (1985-07/08) pp. 16-19;