bottle

Object NameBottle with Stopper

Artist Joel Philip Myers (American, b. 1934)

Made FromGlass

Date1977

Place MadeUnited States, IL, Bloomington

TechniqueMold blown, iridized, decorated, fired pigments

SizeOverall H: 21.9 cm; (a) Bottle H: 18.7 cm, Diam (max): 6.1 cm

Accession Number79.4.133

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Masters of Studio Glass Series: Joel Philip Myers and Steven Weinberg

New Glass: A Worldwide Survey

Not On View

Physical DescriptionBottle with Stopper. Colorless glass, iridized, with gold and pink, orange, and chocolate-brown pigments; (a) mold blown, iridized and decorated with fired pigments, ground; (b) flameworked, iridized, and ground. (a) Bottle: almost cylindrical, but wider at bottom of wall than at top. Rim plain, rounded; short cylindrical neck; rounded shoulder; wall straight, flaring slightly toward bottom; base flat; no pontil mark. Side of neck is very thick; body is solid, except for small, tear-shaped cavity, approximately one-third of body's height. Slightly iridescent. Wall decorated with continuous curvilinear design of ribbon-like elements in chocolate-brown merging with gold and in pink, and with groups of orange, chocolate and gold bubble-like motifs. Interior of neck partly ground. Scratched signature at bottom of wall: "Joel Philip Myres 1977". (b) Stopper. Knop roughly spheroid, but somewhat pointed at top and with greatest diameter below mid-point; stem expands slightly at top, then tapers to rounded end; knop slightly iridescent; stem partly ground.
Provenance

Source Joel Philip Myers (American, b. 1934) - 1977-1979-09-21
arrived via C&T air freight