Egg
Object NameScent Bottle with Stopper on Stand
Artist
Frederick Birkhill
(American, 1951 - 2023)
Made Fromglass, gold, silver,brass
Date1987
Place MadeUnited States, MI, Pinckney
Techniqueflamework
SizeH: 7.7 cm, D(max): 4.7 cm
Accession Number87.4.51
Credit LineGift of Gail P. Bardhan
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
The Studio at 20
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass with polychrome fused glass shards, gold and silver leaf, brass stand; flamework. Stoppered egg on three-legged wire stand; egg-shaped hollow body with concave opening rim; body decorated with fragments of gold and silver leaf overlaid with transparent shards of various colors forming a patchwork pattern; tip of egg ground flat; flame worked solid drop stopper; object sits in brass wire stand formed from a circle attached to three concave curved legs; inscribed in script near base: "Frederick Birkhill 1987".Provenance
Source
Gail P. Bardhan
Object copyright© Frederick Birkhill
