vase

Object NameVase

Series

Spun

Artist Thomas S. Buechner III (American, b. 1954)

Made FromNon-lead Glass

Date1984

Place MadeUnited States

TechniqueFree-blown

SizeH: 19.6 cm, L: 51.7 cm, W: 22.3 cm

Accession Number86.4.23

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTranslucent dark amethyst non-lead glass body into grey/black lip, colorless applications; free-blown. Squared cylindrical shape with exaggerated lip; straight-sided slightly tapering body has four colorless "bits", hot applications laid in straight lines along the walls of the body extending into the neck area; after cracking off and reheating lip, vase was spun on the punty rod creating centrifugally a wide, flat, horizontal collar, rectangular in general shape with four extending rounded corners flaring from rectangular vessel opening, lip slightly iridized; base is ground flat; flat pontil; inscribed on bottom of base: "Thomas Buechner III cO Vitrix 1984".
Provenance

Source Vitrix Hot Glass Studio - 1986-04-21