carafe

Object NameSmall carafe

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

Made FromBorosilicate tubing, oxides

Dateabout 1981

Place MadeUnited States

Techniqueflameworked, blown, tooled, hot applications

SizeH: 10.2 cm, D (max.): 3.5 cm

Accession Number85.4.69

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Elsie Burton

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass overlaid with translucent white, green and blue; flameworked, blown, tooled, hot applications. Bulbous body with elongated neck and spouted lip; small colorless carafe has a spouted, flame-polished lip which tops an elongated slender neck; extending from lip are rows of vertical, raised, striated white trailings which end at base of body; bulbous body has a circumscribing trail of green at shoulder below which are eight large bosses of colorless overlaying a band of pale blue and placed between each vertical trail; below protrusions is a band of white and a band of green; foot is formed of a "patty" of colorless with dark blue inclusions.
Provenance

Source Elsie Burton