Macaw Prototype

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Object Name: 
Macaw Prototype
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
2011.4.95
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 20.2 cm, W: 15 cm, D: 14.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
2011
Credit Line: 
Gift of Corning Inc.
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass, white, red, and black paint; hot-worked, painted. Solid glass macaw bird with one applied wing folded toward body and one applied wing partially outstretched. Solid applied foot. Exterior of bird painted white; eyes painted red and beak painted black.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Former Collection
2011
to
2011-11-30
Corning Inc., Source
2011-11-30
to
2011-12-01
Color: 
white
black
red
colorless
Technique: 
hot-worked
paint
Material: 
glass
paint
Copyright: 
© Corning Inc.