Fish-Shaped Bowl

Notice of Upcoming Content and Access Change

The Museum is working on the future of our online collections access. A new version will be available later in 2023. During this transition period, the current version of the Collections Browser may have reduced functionality and data may be not be updated. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. For any questions or concerns, please contact us.

What is AAT?

The Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) (r) is a structured vocabulary for generic concepts related to art and architecture. It was developed by The Getty Research Institute to help research institutions become consistent in the terminology they use.Learn More

Object Name: 
Fish-Shaped Bowl
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, West Nyack
Accession Number: 
55.4.301
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 10.1 cm, L: 37.8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1955
Primary Description: 
Fish-Shaped Dish. Colorless, brown, red, yellow glass; kiln-formed, powdered glass enamel decoration; fish-shaped dish.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Heaton, Maurice (American, b. Switzerland, 1900-1990), Source
1955-08-25
Color: 
yellow
colorless
brown
red
Technique: 
enameling
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
M.H.
signature

Exhibitions (1)

American Glass Art of the 1950's: A Forgotten Era
Venue(s)
Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village 1987-01-20 through 1987-05-01

Publications (3)

Plastik sanatlarda cam malzemenin uygulanisi (2003) illustrated, p. 59, fig. 3.19; BIB# 120381
All About Glass = Garasu Daihyakka (1993) p. 196; BIB# 36566
Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from The Corning Museum of Glass (1989) illustrated, pp. 36-37; BIB# 32803