Reflections

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Object Name: 
Bottle
Title: 
Reflections
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
85.4.52
Dimensions: 
H: 18.5 cm, D: 11.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1970
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Elsie Burton
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass with yellow, blue, black and white colorations; flameworked, blown, tooled, hot application. Spherical with elongated neck; flared, fire-polished rim narrows to an elongated neck decorated on two opposing sides with single sections of vertical lines comprised of a row of snakethread with a black twist flanked by rows of blue and a line of yellow; both sections of line decoration spiral off of the neck and then extend straight down the spherical, thinly blown body covered with striations of milky white; base is flattened and has a foot comprised of a single coil of colorless; marked "J" in base in trailed snakethread with black twist.

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Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Burton, Elsie, Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
flameworked, blown, tooled, hot application
tooling