Sun, Wind, & Sky

Object NamePerfume Bottle with Stopper

Designer Michael David (American, b. 1953)

Studio Blake Street Glass

Maker Kit Karbler (American, born 1954)

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Date1986

Place MadeUnited States, CO, Denver

Techniquefree-blown with hot applications, cut, polished

Size(a&b) H: 9.3 cm, D: 7 cm

Accession Number86.4.89

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight

American Crafts in Iceland

On ViewChanging Exhibition Gallery

Physical DescriptionPerfume Bottle with Stopper, "Sun, Wine & Sky". Colorless non-lead glass with transparent yellow, pink and blue threading; blown, furnace-worked and cased, cut. (a) Narrow top opening surrounded by small low dome which sits atop sphere with small interior necked bubble (neck abraded); parison decorated with fine yellow threading, then thickly cased in colorless threaded with pink, thickly cased again in colorless and threaded with blue; three sides cut away and polished; base ground flat and polished; no pontil; signed and dated on bottom of base "Michael David/Kit Karbler/78639" (7=7th month, 86=year, 39=piece). (b) Colorless stopper topped with knop with three cut sides, stem abraded.
Provenance

Source Blake Street Glass - 1986-04-24