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Vase: C.20-2000

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 12 (Adeane)

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Buus, Marianne

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Description

Coiled glass, kiln-formed, and acid-etched on both sides. Oval with deep corrugated sides rising from a narrow oval base. The mouth curves downwards slightly on the long sides. Here and there on the sides there are small holes between the coils.

Notes

History note: Purchased from the maker by Sir Nicholas Goodison at the Chelsea Craft Fair, autumn, 2000

Legal notes

Given by Nicholas and Judith Goodison through the National Art Collections Fund

Measurements and weight

Height: 23 cm

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2000-11-20) by Goodison, Nicholas and Judith

Dating

21st Century, Early
Elizabeth II
Production date: AD 2000

Note

Text from object entry in A. Game (2016) ‘Contemporary British Crafts: The Goodison Gift to the Fitzwilliam Museum’. London: Philip Wilson Publishers: Marianne Buus’ stated interest in the fluid processes of glass found new form in this monochrome vessel in which the heated rods of glass are laid in a mould and fused in the kiln.

School or Style

studio glass
Contemporary Craft

Components of the work

Rim Width 22 cm
Glass

Materials used in production

Lead-glass

Techniques used in production

Kiln forming

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Marianne H. Buus
  • Location: On base
  • Type: Signature

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.20-2000
Primary reference Number: 27221
Entry form: 143
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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