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Midnight Trees

Object NameScent Bottle with Stopper

Artist Matthew Buechner (American, b. 1957)

Studio Thames Street Glass House

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Date1987

Place MadeUnited States

Techniqueblown with applied colored frit, flameworked

Size(a & b) H: 9.7 cm, W: 11.2 cm, D: 5.5 cm; (a) H: 6.8 cm; (b) L: 8.3 cm

Accession Number87.4.73

Credit LineGift of Matthew Buechner

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass with applied decoration of transparent white, green, amber, opaque black; vessel blown with applied colored frit, canes of colored glass and glass frits applied with blowtorch (flameworked) while hot; hotworked colorless stopper. Small flattened ovoid body with narrow opening and short thick neck, white and black frit has been scattered to give appearance of clouds, green/black/amber frits scattered towards the base; decoration on one flattened side of two lampworked trees with black trunk and branches blowing in the wind; base is ground and polished flat; inscribed in script around exterior edge of base: "Matthew Buechner c 1987 Thames Street Glass".
Provenance

Source Matthew Buechner (American, b. 1957)