Study of White Trillium with Spirits D56

Title: 
Study of White Trillium with Spirits D56

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Object Name: 
Paperweight
Title: 
Study of White Trillium with Spirits D56
Accession Number: 
2006.4.86
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 5.8 cm, W: 7.3 cm, D: 7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1988
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Ben W. Heineman Sr. Family
Primary Description: 
Flameworked soda-lime glass, cold-worked.
Provenance: 
Kurland/Summers Gallery, Former Collection
1988
Heineman, Ben W. Sr. Family, Source
Technique: 
Material: 
Inscription: 
Study 2 plant presentation experiment 2/88
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Venue(s)
Rakow Library, Corning Museum of Glass 2017-04-08 through 2018-02-17
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Venue(s)
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Contemporary Glass Gallery and Changing Exhibitions Gallery
 
Voices of Contemporary Glass: The Heineman Collection (2009) illustrated, pp. 294-295, pl. 195; BIB# 109983
Contemporary Glass: A Private Collection (1988) pp. 40-41; BIB# 33000