Jewel Tower

Object Name2-part Sculpture

Maker John Burton (American, b. United Kingdom 1894-1985)

Made FromBorosilicate tubing, oxides

Dateabout 1978

Place MadeUnited States

Techniquenon-blown flamework, tooled, attached forms

Size(a&b) H: 38.8 cm; (a) H: 37.4 cm; (b) L: 16 cm

Accession Number85.4.63

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Elsie Burton

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass overlaid black, pink, yellow, green and white "snakethread" decoration; non-blown flamework, tooled, "globular" units individually formed then attached. Vertical irregular tower of twelve elongated and flattened solid globular units of colorless with colored decoration gradually increasing in size from the top to the base which tapers to a point and is inserted in a green stone stand; units from top to base; small ovoid, reddish necked joint; ovoid with two rows of pale yellow bosses; elongated ovoid with two dimpled sides and two sides with reddish bosses, overlaid with pale blue "snakethread"; elongated ovoid, top half decorated with criss-crossed snakethreading and lower half with pale green threading; ovoid with two pinched sides and central irregular airtrap; ovoid with flattened sides and pink threading; flattened non-decorated spherical; ovoid with flattened sides and black and white threading; two flattened sections, lower larger than upper, red coloration at the joint; ovoid with flattened sides and circular impressions and black and pink threading on two sides; large globular with flattened sides and irregular central airtrap; narrow tapered point.
Provenance

Source Elsie Burton