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Tree Pin

Object NamePin

Maker Higgins Glass Studio (est. 1948)

Maker Frances Stewart Higgins (American, 1912-2004)

Made Fromnon-lead glass, enamel

Date1988

Place MadeUnited States

Techniquecut, fused

SizeH: 3.5 cm, W: 4.5 cm

Accession Number89.4.18

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass, black, orange, green enamels, commercial metal fabrication; cut sheet glass, fused with enamels in between and glass chip on surface, pin is adhered with Devgon Expoxy. Individual stylized tree, colorless background, with orange enamel leaf section covered with colorless glass chip surface, black enamel branches and trunk, metal pin affixed to back; inscribed in script on back: "higgins".
Provenance

Source Higgins Glass Studio (est. 1948) - 1989-03-31