Pink Lace

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Object Name: 
Leaf form, stopper ?
Title: 
Pink Lace
Place Made: 
Accession Number: 
85.4.61
Dimensions: 
L: 22.5 cm, W: 5.6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1980
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Elsie Burton
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass with translucent pink and white decoration; flameworked, tooled. Leaf form with stem; elongated flattened pointed ovoid form with irregular edges, one end tipped with a colorless solid ball and the other with an applied length of colorless whose end slightly curls up on itself; surface of flattened area is decorated with a central oval of white; from the center of the oval trailing of colorless snakethreading with a pink twist spirals outward to cover entire surface except for outside edge which is circumscribed with a trail of colorless snakethread with a white twist.
Provenance: 
Burton, Elsie, Source
Category: 
Color: