Toucan

Object NameDesign Model

Maker David P. Dowler (American, b. 1944)

Maker Steuben Glass, Inc. (1903-)

Made FromPlasticine

Dateabout 1975-1980

TechniqueShaped; Tooled

SizeOverall H: 9.2 cm, W: 12.2 cm, D: 6.9 cm

Accession Number99.7.8 A

Credit LineGift of Design Dept., Steuben Glass, A Division of Corning Glass Works

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

United States, NY, Corning

Physical DescriptionLight brown plasticine; shaped, tooled; roughly ovoid form in shape of sitting toucan; head turned backwards; half of bill tucked behind wing on one side, bill completely exposed on other side; two eyes; each wing has three curved rounded ribs at the bottom, one wing has three horizontal lines carved into wing tip; short tail; underside of body rounded with elliptical hollow base.
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