Russian Doll Cake Plate
Object NameVessel
Artist
Katherine Gray
(Canadian and American, b. 1965)
Made FromGlass
Date2000
TechniqueBlown, Cased, Applied, Tooled, Assembled
SizeOverall H: 61.3 cm, Diam (max): 34.2 cm
Accession Number2001.4.7
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
The Italian Influence in Contemporary Glass
Interpretive NotesHere, Gray takes a functional object, the cake plate, and makes it into an improbable table ware with no function at all except to evoke wonder and desire. The repeating domes heighten the childlike awe that the cake plate, as the special bearer of enshrined beautiful desserts, inspires.
United States, WA, Seattle
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Object copyright© Katherine Gray
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