Fish Platter

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Object Name: 
Large Plate
Title: 
Fish Platter
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
85.2.1
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 47.8 cm, W: 46.3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1983
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass with acid-etched decoration of two iridescent fish, three lemon wedges, a knife, and fork, shallow round, slightly elongated shape; signed near fish tail: "Newell - 83 - G - H".

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Westminster Gallery, Former Collection
1985-01-02
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Acid Etched
Inscription: 
Newell - 83 - G - H
Signature and date
: 
near fish tail

Publications (2)

Modern and contemporary art glass (2006) illustrated, slide 48; BIB# 130418
Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from The Corning Museum of Glass (1989) illustrated, pp. 72-73; BIB# 32803