Forbidden Fruit

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Object Name: 
Divided Tray
Title: 
Forbidden Fruit
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Jamaica
Accession Number: 
2010.4.124
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 4.5 cm, W: 56.1 cm, D: 33.3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1958
Credit Line: 
Gift of Tina Oldknow
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass, 22-karat gold decal; slumped, applied decal. Colorless slumped glass rectangular tray with three rectangular depressions; shorter sides of tray curve in slightly. Applied 22-karat gold decal to top of tray; design consists of rows of circles with alternating floral and geometric patterns. Bottom of tray has stippled texture.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Oldknow, Tina, Source
2010-08-27
Color: 
colorless
gold
Technique: 
slumped
applied decal
Material: 
glass
22-karat gold
Inscription: 
georges Briard
signature
: 
applied 22-karat gold decal bottom right corner