Sargassum Seaweed

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Object Name: 
Vase Prototype
Title: 
Sargassum Seaweed
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
GL200
Dimensions: 
Overal H: 30.4 cm, Diam (max): 25.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
2012
Primary Description: 
"Sargassum Seaweed" Vase Prototype. Colorless, brownish-purple, purple, and yellow glass; blown, applied decoration, iridized. Colorless vase with heavy trails brownish-purple glass and applied irregularly-shaped droplets of transparent yellow, purple, brownish-purple, and multicolored glass. Lower portions of trails are slightly iridized. Three applied ball feet.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
GlassLab, Source
2012-07-31
to
2012-08-06
Color: 
brown
yellow
purple
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
applied decoration
iridized
Material: 
glass
Copyright: 
© Michele Oka Doner