Woodcock

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Woodcock
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
82.4.69
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 27.1 cm, W: 11.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1974
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Edwin J. Beinecke, Jr.
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; cast, cut, copperwheel engraved. Irregular faceted and rounded form with nearly cylindrical back side and top rising to point at one side; on back, woodcock about to land on branch amidst trees with leaves; on front, additional engraved branches and leaves; signed in script on base "Steuben 4-25".

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Beinecke, Edwin J., Jr., Former Collection
1982
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
cast, cut, copperwheel engraved
casting
cut glass

Exhibitions (1)

Steuben 100th Anniversary Exhibition
Venue(s)
Corning Incorporated Gallery 2003-09-01 through 2003-12-25