Stone Vessel

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Object Name: 
Vessel
Title: 
Stone Vessel
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
84.4.31
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 39.3 cm, W: 37.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1984
Primary Description: 
Opaque green, blue, grey, red iridescent; colored inclusions, blown. Irregular flattened pebble shape; trailed, rounded rim; abstract shapes resembling stone monoliths in mottled grays and greens decorate both flat sides of the vessel and appear to float against a background of splotchy greens and rusty reds, some green areas with iridescent flecks, all beneath a covering layer of colorless glass; rough pontil mark on base; signed on base "William Morris 1984".

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Habatat Galleries Inc., Source
1984-04-24
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
Opaque green, blue, grey, red
blue
gray
Technique: 
colored inclusions, blown
Inscription: 
William Morris 1984
signature
Copyright: 
© William Morris

Publications (3)

The Magic and Mystery of Glass (1998) illustrated, p. 65;
Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from The Corning Museum of Glass (1989) illustrated, p. 97; BIB# 32803
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1984 (1985) p. 7; BIB# AI96385