Rocking Globe

Object NameGlobe

Maker Pauline Solven (United Kingdom, b. 1943)

Made FromGlass

Date1983

TechniqueBlown, Stained or Enameled, Cut, Polished, [Engraved]

SizeOverall H: 13.7 cm, Diam: 17.2 cm

Accession Number84.2.14

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

England

Physical DescriptionColorless, multicolored glass; blown, stained or enameled, cut, possibly engraved. Truncated spherical shape; flat polished rim; rim made by cutting into spherical form at two different angles and forming a broad figure "8" shape; three flat disk or partial disk shapes polished into sides; lower half decorated with a stylized landscape of patchwork stripes and circles in pastel shades including pinks, greens, and blues; upper portion with Matte, possibly acid polished surface; signed on side just above lower colored area "Pauline Solve RH 1983"; no pontil area on base.
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