fragment
Object NameFragment with Birds
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
Techniqueblown, pincered
SizeOverall H: 7.1 cm, W: 2.7 cm; Estimate Diam: possibly 12 cm
Accession Number81.1.703
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Ray Winfield Smith
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent pale green glass. Blown; pincered. Fragment from rim and wall of vessel. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall almost vertical. Pincered decoration consists of parts of two presumably identical birds standing and facing left. Each bird is rendered schematically: head has beak and eye, body is small, with two short, almost vertical legs and forked tail. Below birds, small part of indeterminate motif. Decoration is also impressed on interior of vessel.Provenance
Source
Mrs. Ray Winfield Smith
- 1981-12-07
Former Collection
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982)
