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Object NamePlate
Maker Maurice Heaton (American, b. Switzerland, 1900-1990)
Made FromNon-lead glass, enamels
Date1958
TechniqueCut, ground, kiln-formed- slumped (sheet steel mold), reverse enameled- powdered enamels sifted and manipulated, fired
SizeOverall H: 4.6 cm, Diam: 34.2 cm
Accession Number55.4.307
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Contemporary American Glass
Decades in Glass: The 50's
Place Made
United States, NY, West Nyack
Physical DescriptionPlate. 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 circular dish with curved walls and asymmetrical pattern, overall exterior of dish has been decorated with granular coloration of green radiating and spiraling lines over a pale yellow background; center has a broad green circle with overall pattern of small yellow dots in triangular groups of three, center also is colored with yellow that fades out towards edge of plate; narrow rays (some straight, some undulating) of green spiral from the center circle to exterior edge of dish, a second layer of rays spirals in the opposite direction creating a plaited effect, spiral ends with a 1/2 ray where a third layer would begin; flattened circular base; scribed through the enamel before firing near edge of base, reading from front: "M.H."; also on base in orange (ink or enamel?) and visible only from the back: "CG1".
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