Saki Set #14

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Object Name: 
Decanter with Stopper
Title: 
Saki Set #14
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MI, Pinckney
Accession Number: 
85.4.31 A
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 23.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1985
Primary Description: 
Colorless, transparent red, blue, green glasses; lead glass tubing, black copper oxide, Zimmerman-Kugler colorless glass, gold leaf; lampworked. a) Conical shape on three legs, rounded shoulders; thin neck which flares at rim; signed: "FREDERICK BIRKHILL 1985" in clear central section of decanter; b) main dome shaped stopper with long extension.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Habatat Galleries Inc., Source
1985-04-08
Category: 
Studio Glass

Exhibitions (1)

The Magic of the Lamp: Flameworked Objects from the Permanent Collection
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2002-10-17 through 2003-02-16

Publications (1)

Glassworks: The Art of Frederick Birkhill (2020) illustrated, pp. 194-195;

Objects in Set (3)

Saki Set #14
Artist:Birkhill, Frederick
Date:1985
Accession Number:85.4.31
Saki Set #14
Artist:Birkhill Studios
Date:1985
Accession Number:85.4.31 B
 
Saki Set #14
Artist:Birkhill Studios
Date:1985
Accession Number:85.4.31 C