Spirit Box with Cover

Object Name: 
Spirit Box with Cover

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Object Name: 
Spirit Box with Cover
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
85.2.12
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 15.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1985
Primary Description: 
Opaque yellow, orange and blue glasses; (a) square shape, central circular opening, impressed design on sides; (b) dome shape with two opposing flattened heads, one resembles fish, one bird with large beak; signed in base: "Keith / Brocklehurst / 4 / 1985".

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Coleridge of Highgate, Former Collection
1985-07-28
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
Opaque Yellow, Orange, Blue
orange
Technique: 
Pate de verre
Inscription: 
Keith / Brocklehurst / 4 / 1985
Signature and date

Exhibitions (1)

Particle Theories: International Pate de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations
Venue(s)
Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village 2005-04 through 2006-01

Publications (3)

Particle Theories: International Pate de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations (2005) illustrated, p. 46, fig. 66; BIB# 87714
Plastik sanatlarda cam malzemenin uygulanisi (2003) illustrated, p. 85. fig. 3.59; BIB# 120381
Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from The Corning Museum of Glass (1989) illustrated, p. 226; BIB# 32803