Geode

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Geode
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
91.4.99
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 9.9 cm, W: 13.7 cm, L: 15.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1991
Credit Line: 
Gift of Steuben Glass, Inc.
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; cast, ground, polished. Solid heavy sculpture in shape of split stone with dimpled exterior, thick walls, cyrstalline interior structure; rim ground and polished flat; base ground and polished flat so that object rests at an angle; graphite mold remnants on interior; unsigned.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Inc., Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
cast, ground, polished
casting
ground glass