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Object NameLarge Plate with Arabesques

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

Maker Frances Stewart Higgins (American, 1912-2004)

Maker Higgins Glass Studio (est. 1948)

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1968

Place MadeUnited States, MI, Dearborn

Techniquekiln-fused, slumped into a mold

SizeOverall H: 2.2 cm, Diam: 42.7 cm

Accession Number89.4.22

Credit LineGift of the Robert C. Florian Estate

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Decades in Glass: The 60's

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Physical DescriptionLarge Plate with Arabesques. Colorless, blue, and green non-lead glasses: two layers of colorless flat glass with enameled (probably silk-screened) decoration on bottom layer, kiln-fused and slumped into a mold. Large circular shape, with flared rim, decorated with a symmetrical radiating abstract floral pattern (two concentric circles) in shades of blue and green; surface broken by pattern of irregular raised areas; inscribed in script on underside near edge: "higgins".
Provenance

Source Estate of Robert C. Florian (American, 1926-1989)

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