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Thoughts of Indigo

Object NameEwer

Maker John Burton (American, b. United Kingdom 1894-1985)

Made FromBorosilicate tubing, oxides

Dateabout 1979

Place MadeUnited States, CA; United States, HI

Techniqueflameworked, blown, tooled with hot applications

SizeOverall H: 12.8 cm, W: 5.8 cm, Diam: 5.9 cm

Accession Number85.4.68

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Elsie Burton

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

The Magic of the Lamp: Flameworked Objects from the Permanent Collection

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass overlaid with translucent white and decorations of blue and black; flameworked, blown, tooled with hot applications. Small handled jug with elongated spout and neck, bulbous body; fire-polished rim has extended, sharply pointed, horizontal pouring lip; upper half of neck has bands of opaque white, blue and snakethread with a black double twist; lower half of neck covered in striated white which extends to shoulder of body; mid-section of neck has an applied, sharply angled handle of opaque blue; body covered with rows of translucent dots of blue, colorless inlay, snakethread with twist, white; base is circled by nine whitish bosses which overlap the foot comprised of a slightly flattened coil of blue; marked "J" in base in trailing of blue glass.
Provenance

Source Elsie Burton