Desert Sea Forms

Object NameSculptural Part

Maker Steuben Glass, Inc. (1903-)

Maker Flo Perkins (b. 1951)

Maker Jeffrey Babcock

Made FromLead Glass

Date1991

Place MadeUnited States

SizeOverall H: 39.4 cm, W: 23.6 cm, Diam: 16.6 cm

Accession Number91.4.100 A

Credit LineGift of Steuben Glass, Inc.

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown, hot-worked. Three part sculptural grouping of stylized cactus plants; (A) tallest component of grouping, elongated pear-shaped bubbles with blown applications on opposite sides at top, large widely flared optic-ribbed flower blossom with slightly scalloped edge, smaller component is optic-ribbed hollow hemispherical bubble with wide, slightly flattened exterior opening; open base is ground and polished flat; (B) optic-ribbed flattened sphere resting on inset base opening, supports thick solid spiral twist stem at slight tilt, attached to stem end is large wide optic-ribbed flower positioned at 125 degree angle; (C) spherical bubble with wide vertical optic-ribbing rests on wide inset base opening, thick patty at center top attached to small end of tilted tear-drop shaped bubble with narrow spiral optic-molding, narrow circular opening at broad end; inscribed on (A) near base in script: "F. Perkins 1991"; (B) same signature on base; (C) same signature, near base, running vertically up one of ribs.
Provenance

Source Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903)