Melon Plates

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Object Name: 
4 Plates
Title: 
Melon Plates
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
86.4.54
Dimensions: 
(A) H: 2.4 cm, D: 27.1 cm; (B) H: 2 cm, D: 27.3 cm; (C) H: 1.8 cm, D: 20.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1982
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass with green and pink enamel; fused, slumped and enameled. (A,B) Two large and (C,D) two small plates with design of enameled stylized watermelon sections on undersides; signed and dated on underside by rim "cO 1982 EGGERT". (A) One-half of plate shows green rind with wavy lines; opposite half shows cross-section with rind, pink "meat", black seeds. (B) Three-quarters of plate depicts rind; one quarter "pie" cross-section of melon interior. (C) Entire plate depicts cut cross-section of melon interior. (D) Entire plate depicts rind only.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Eggert, Kathleen H. (b. 1950), Source
1985-03-11
Color: 
Colorless; green, pink enamels
colorless
green
Technique: 
fused, slumped, enameled
Copyright: 
© Kathleen H. Eggert

Exhibitions (1)

Americans in Glass
Venue(s)
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum 1984-05-26 through 1984-07-08

Publications (4)

Modern and contemporary art glass (2006) illustrated, slide 49; BIB# 130418
Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from The Corning Museum of Glass (1989) illustrated, p. 73; BIB# 32803
Recent Acquisitions: Corning (New Work) (1986) p. 38; BIB# AI16861
Americans in Glass: an Exhibition (1984) p. 53; BIB# 22541

Objects in Set (4)

Melon Plates
Artist:Eggert, Kathleen H.
Date:1982
Accession Number:86.4.54 A
Melon Plates
Artist:Eggert, Kathleen H.
Date:1982
Accession Number:86.4.54 B
 
Melon Plates
Artist:Eggert, Kathleen H.
Date:1982
Accession Number:86.4.54 C
Melon Plates
Artist:Eggert, Kathleen H.
Date:1982
Accession Number:86.4.54 D