goblet

Object NameGoblet

Maker John Burton (American, b. United Kingdom 1894-1985)

Made FromBorosilicate tubing, oxides

Dateabout 1977

Place MadeUnited States

Techniqueflameworked, tooled with hot applications

SizeH: 13 cm; D (max): 5.4 cm, (foot): 4.4 cm

Accession Number85.4.60

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Elsie Burton

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass overlaid with translucent white, blue and aqua; flameworked, tooled with hot applications. Ovoid bowl with hollow stem and trailed foot; narrowed rim with slightly defined lip swells outward to an ovoid bowl decorated in upper half with 3-4 horizontal rows of colorless spots marvered into broad spiraling of aqua, blue, and white striated with light brown; white continues through the bowl and hollow, slightly waisted stem which ends in a raised wrap of transparent aqua; foot is formed by slightly flattened spiraled trailing of colorless, crimped at regular intervals; marked in base "J" with raised trailing.

Provenance

Source Elsie Burton