Friendly Alien
Object NameSculpture
Artist
John Burton
(American, b. United Kingdom 1894-1985)
Made FromBorosilicate tubing, oxides,wood
Dateabout 1966
Place MadeUnited States, HI, Kapaa
Techniqueflameworked, blown, tooled
SizeSculpture a) H: 31.8 cm, W (max): 8.8 cm
Accession Number85.4.50
Credit LineGift of Elsie Burton
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Decades in Glass: The 60's
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass overlaid with transparent white blue and red glasses; flameworked, blown and tooled. Hollow-bodied vertical tooled into bulbous sections with side knops and solid lower section; narrow collared neck swells into first bulbous section overlaid with red and an undulating trail of white; an encircling band of white marks the collared transition to next bulbous section decorated with stripes of white, red and blue and two protruding colorless knops; largest middle bulbous section has two protruding knops opposite one in the upper section and a dimple on opposite sides between protrusions, undulating red line with white markings between each loop decorates the lower half of this section, three raised blue dots surrounding a white dot appears under one knop; fourth hollow bulbous section has an irregular surface and tapered shape with white, blue and red variable colorations; next three sections are smaller and solid with flattened sides and red, white and blue colorations; final solid section is colorless and tapers to a point which is inserted into a solid wood block; inscribed "J" on base point.Provenance
Source
Elsie Burton
1690-1700
