dish

Object NameHeart-shaped dish

Artist Maurice Heaton (American, b. Switzerland, 1900-1990)

Made FromNon-lead Glass, Enamels

Dateabout 1954

Place MadeUnited States, NY, West Nyack

TechniqueCut, ground, kiln-formed-slumped (sheet steel mold), reverse enameled-- powdered enamels sifted and manipulated, fired

SizeOverall H: 6 cm, W: 37 cm, D: 23.6 cm

Accession Number55.4.303

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionHeart-shaped Dish. Colorless non-lead glass, translucent dark green and pale yellow enamels; cut, ground, kiln-formed--slumped (sheet steel mold), reverse enameled--powdered enamels sifted and manipulated, fired. Low, elongated asymmetrical (one curved half of heart extends further than the other) heart-shaped dish with overall exterior green over yellow linear granular decoration; sides angling up from heart-shaped base; wide rays of green extending from base to exterior edge interspersed with narrow rows of pale yellow; flat heart-shaped base is yellow with center area of green fading into yellow; scribed through the enamel before firing at wide end of base, reading from front: "M.H.".
Provenance

Source Maurice Heaton (American, b. Switzerland, 1900-1990) - 1955-08-25