bowl

Object NameBowl

ArtistSigned Rachael Woodman (English, b. 1957)

Assistant Neil Wilkin

Studio Wilkin & Woodman Glass

Made From24% Lead Glass

Date1985

TechniqueOverfang Blown, Sandblasted, Cut, Overlaid, Polished, Ground

SizeOverall H: 9.8 cm, Diam: 21 cm

Accession Number86.2.4

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

England, Bath and Northeast Somerset, Bath

Physical DescriptionTranslucent black, blue, gray and colorless 24% lead glasses; blown, overlaid, stone wheel cut, sandblasted, acid polished. Heavy thick-walled low bowl comprised of several layers of glass -- from outside to inside: thin black, thick colorless, thin bright blue; thin colorless, thin gray; rim has been sawn then ground into two interlocking bevels slanted in opposite directions; exterior is hand and acid-polished to a matte finish; inside gray layer has overall sandblasted textera through which the blue layer can be perceived; footless base has been ground flat and polished; signed and dated on bottom of base: "Rachel Woodman 1985".
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