Bud Vases

Object NameVase

Maker Chatham Glass Company (f. 1987)

Maker Deborah Doane (American, b. 1952)

Maker James Pershing Holmes (American, b. 1952)

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Date1992-1994

Place MadeUnited States

Size(A) H: 28 cm, D: 9.6 cm; (B) H: 24 cm, D: 10.6 cm; (C) H: 17 cm, D: 11.5 cm

Accession Number94.4.36 B

Credit LineGift of Chatham Glass Company

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionOpaque white, deep amethyst (appearing black), colorless, transparent amethyst, green, ruby pink non-lead glasses; blown and hot worked, rims ground and polished flat. Group of three vases with bodies of varying height and color combinations, each vase comprised of a long narrow cylindrical neck (same approximate size on each) of nearly opaque white cased in colorless with narrow vertical stripes appearing black, ground and polished rim, long neck appears to be "pushed in" rounded top of body which is a ribbed elongated or flattened bubble with slightly asymmetrical top surface, body colors and shapes: (A) elongated ruby pink; (B) almost spherical green; (C) slightly flattened amethyst; slightly flattened base; narrow rough pontil; inscribed in script to left of pontil: "Chatham/Glass Co./(date--example "A" marked 1992, "B" marked 1993, "C" marked 1994)".
Provenance

Source Chatham Glass Company (f. 1987)