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Description
Primary Description:
Colorless glass with white and gold enameling; crushed glass, fused, enameled. Tapered cylindrical shape with irregular upper edge; thick-walled cylinder of large granules fused in a mold leaving scattered open areas and an overall "shattered" appearance; rim is irregularly sloped; two opposing sides of body decorated with an enameled design of a single vertical line of white with six short horizontal strokes, design detailed with thin gold interior enameled lines; base is flat and slightly concave.
Exhibitions (2)

Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2003-09-22 through 2004-03-01
Corning Incorporated Gallery 2004-06-17 through 2004-10-03

Fused Glass: The Art of Frances and Michael Higgins
Venue(s)
Fifty-50 Gallery 1985-11-21 through 1986-01-22
Publications (14)
Contemporary Glass Vessels: Selections from the Corning Museum of Glass (2015)
illustrated, p. 14, 50-51 (fig. 7, plate 2);
BIB# 149403
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001)
illustrated, p. 158;
BIB# 68214
Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from The Corning Museum of Glass (1989)
illustrated, p. 40;
BIB# 32803
Thirty Years of New Glass, 1957-1987, from the Collection of the Corning Museum of Glass (1987)
p. 3;
BIB# 2318
Fused Glass: The Artisanry of Frances and Michael Higgins (1985)
illustrated, p. 3, far right;
BIB# 32998