Pharaoh's Horses

Object NameGold Glass Panel

Artist Edris (Edith Aline) Eckhardt (American, 1905-1998)

Made FromNon-lead glass, enamels, lead, 24 K-gold leaf

Date1954

Place MadeUnited States, OH, Cleveland

TechniqueFused, internal engraved gold-leaf, enameled

SizeOverall H: 9.6 cm, W: 8.3 cm, Th: .8 cm

Accession Number54.4.29

Credit LineGift of Edris Eckhardt

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

American Glass Art of the 1950's: A Forgotten Era

Title Unknown (Museum of Contemporary Crafts of the American Craftsmen's Council)

36th Annual May Show

Not On View

Physical DescriptionGold Glass Panel, "Pharaoh's Horses." Colorless, transparent pale amethyst non-lead glasses, black and/or dark green powdered glass enamels, 24k-gold leaf, lead, metallic gold; layers of rolled flat glass fused (three to four times) with internal engraved gold-leaf glass enamel drawing, framed in lead. Small thick rectangular panel with vertical format; between layers of flat colorless is a stylized green/black enamel and engraved linear drawing of an overlapped pair of prancing horses (in profile) with arched tails, front horse has a rider with pointed head, image is against a golden background; back sheet of glass appears to be pale amethyst; overall scattered bubbles and seeds; wide beveled glass frame with mottled surface; unsigned.
Provenance

Source Edris (Edith Aline) Eckhardt (American, 1905-1998) - 1954