Licorice & Cream

Object NameGoblet

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

Made FromBorosilicate tubing, oxides

Dateabout 1968

Place MadeUnited States

Techniqueflameworked, tooled with hot applications

SizeOverall H: 10.9 cm; Rim Diam: 4.4 cm; Foot Diam: 4.8 cm

Accession Number85.4.65

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Elsie Burton

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass with overlaid translucent white and black "snakethreading"; flameworked, tooled with hot applications. Irregular bucket bowl with hollow stem and trailed foot; narrow fire-polished lip slightly overhangs waisted bowl overlaid with striated translucent white; color continues into upper third of hollow, straight-sided stem; mid-section of stem decorated with a wide band of colorless "snakethread" with black cross-hatching; from lower third of stem vertical raised ribs of trailing spiral outward to meet the flat foot comprised of coiled trailing decorated on the underside with eight, regularly spaced, small bosses; marked "J" in base in marvered trailing of translucent white.
Provenance

Source Elsie Burton