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  • Alan Goldfarb, Forest Glass Beaker, 1998, medieval-style blown glass with applied prunts, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Kenneth R. Trapp in memory of Thomas Hume Slater, Jr., 1999.6.4

Luce Center Label
Forest Glass Beakers are inspired by glass from the Middle Ages. The thornlike protrusions, called prunts, are now decorative but derive from their original function of making a vessel stronger and less likely to fall out of the hand. The prunts are applied as blobs of molten glass to the blown vessel and can be shaped in a variety of ways.
Title
Forest Glass Beaker
Artist
Alan Goldfarb
Date
1998
Location
  1. Smithsonian American Art Museum
  2. Luce Foundation Center
  3. 4th Floor
  4. 55B
Dimensions
7 3/8 x 3 7/8 in. (18.7 x 9.8 cm) diam.
Copyright
Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Gift of Kenneth R. Trapp in memory of Thomas Hume Slater, Jr.

Mediums
glass
Mediums Description
medieval-style blown glass with applied prunts
Classifications
Decorative Arts
Glass
Object Number
1999.6.4
Palette
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