Eve's Apple

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Object Name: 
4 Prototypes
Title: 
Eve's Apple
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
2011.4.232
Dimensions: 
(a) H: 5.2 cm, W: 9.5 cm, D: 9.7 cm; (b) H: 5.2 cm, W: 9.4 cm, D: 8.3 cm; (c) H: 5.2 cm, W: 9.6 cm, D: 8.6 cm; (d) H: 4.3 cm, W: 9.5 cm, D: 2.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
2008
Credit Line: 
Gift of Corning Inc.
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; cast, acid-polished. (a) Glass prototype in the form of a half apple. (b and c) Two glass prototypes in the form of a third of an apple. (d) Glass prototype in the form of an apple slice.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Former Collection
2008
to
2011-11-30
Corning Inc., Source
2011-11-30
to
2011-12-01
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
casting
etching
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
100 sec MED
inscription
: 
Scratched (a) on what would be the bottom of the apple
25 sec MED
inscription
: 
Scratched (d) on what would be the bottom of the apple
50 sec MED
inscription
: 
Scratched (b) on what would be the bottom of the apple
Copyright: 
© Corning Inc.