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Object NameNecklace

Maker Michael Higgins (American, b. England, 1908-1999)

Maker Higgins Glass Studio (est. 1948)

Maker Frances Stewart Higgins (American, 1912-2004)

Made FromNon-lead glass, enamels

Date1988

Place MadeUnited States

Techniquecut, fused, assembled

SizeOverall W: 6.3 cm, L: 90 cm

Accession Number89.4.14

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass, white and black enamel, gold lustre; cut sheet glass, fused with enamels in between, assembled with fabricated brass and commercial glass beads. Necklace of three stacked glass pendants, each comprised of three layers of graduated colorless glass rectangles colored with gold lustre (top and smallest rectangle), black, then white; each pendant flanked by a pair of black glass beads separated by a hammered patinated brass length, ending in two lengths of brass tube flanked by brass beads; necklace strung on black cord, tips encircled by short lengths of brass tubing; inscribed in script on back of far right pendant: "higgins".
Provenance

Former Collection Higgins Glass Studio (est. 1948) - 1989