Sorbier (Service tree)

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Object Name: 
Pendant
Title: 
Sorbier (Service tree)
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France
Accession Number: 
2016.3.14
Dimensions: 
Overall L: 65 cm; Glass Pendant H: 0.6 cm, W: 7.1 cm, D: 5.3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
designed 1924
Credit Line: 
Gift of James R. and Maisie Houghton
Primary Description: 
Pendant, "Sorbier (Service tree)". Dark gray thread (perhaps silk), colorless, blue, and pink glasses; pate de verre, assembled. Oval colorless glass pendant decorated with pink raspberry framed within seven leaves with intertwining stems. Dark gray knotted thread chain tied to two holes drilled towards top of pendant; dark gray tassel tied to drilled hole at base of pendant.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Houghton, James R., Source
2016-12-19
Houghton, Maisie (Mrs. James R.), Source
2016-12-19
Category: 
Jewelry
Color: 
dark gray
colorless
blue
pink
Technique: 
pâte de verre
assembling
Material: 
glass
thread
Inscription: 
GAR
signature
: 
Molded intaglio towards top of pendant