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ornament

Object NameBird

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1200-1299

TechniqueBlown, applied, marvered, dragged, blobbed

SizeOverall H: 6.3 cm, W (as restored): 11 cm, D: 4.8 cm

Accession Number55.1.101

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith

Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith

Glass from the Ancient World

Small Wonders Exhibition

Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith: Kurpfalzischen Museum Heidelberg

Steuben Glass Animals

On ViewAncient Gallery

Physical DescriptionBird. Translucent deep green, with opaque white trail, and opaque white and translucent green blobs. Blown; applied, dragged, marvered, and blobbed. Body is hollow and roughly pear-shaped, with plump breast and narrow tail, flattened and slightly concave on underside; pontil mark circular (D. 1.1 cm) at center of breast. Decoration consists of white trail attached to breast and wound spirally 13 times around body, dragged to form 11 festoons, and marvered. Head and neck are solid and were tooled, with eyes and beak consisting of small white blobs with even smaller green dots; wings are green trails dropped onto shoulders and drawn back along body, with crossed tips; between wings, one green suspension loop; feet consist of two small green blobs.
Provenance

Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1955-09-09