15929960730001312637261000Standard Recordobject-27224170249414748716074236130001702494117301fitz-onlineadlib-object-27224https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/27224a476fa95-a0e1-3780-b99d-131f6b8012d610referenceterm-91170adlib-term-91170d49ca0b4-ccae-3039-afe0-882c186cff25glasswith opaque white veinsreferenceterm-109892adlib-term-109892312f1702-e986-3ff2-b25a-e116002245d1turquoise glassreferenceterm-34860adlib-term-3486067da8788-5315-3567-a4af-162c77de3840lead-glassPartsDiametercm16.3Heightcm5.9BaseDiametercm16.5CoverCentral Containerreferenceterm-26901adlib-term-2690171dbe16d-b7a2-328c-8dcd-4a48edfaeaeafrostingApplied ArtsCast clear bubbly glass and opaque, white-veined turquoise glass. Cylindrical clear glass base with flat base top, containing a central, squat, frosted container. Concave circular white-veined turquoise glass cover with a central tapering stopper on the underside, which fits into the mouth of the container in the base.C.13 & A-19991accession numberC.13 & A-199927224priref27224199919991999Entry form110urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/27224https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/27224on baseinscribedTessa Clegg '97 2/9signaturereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Nicholas and Judith Goodison through the National Art Collections Fundreferenceagent-156032adlib-agent-1560323aded83c-6f5c-39b8-a50c-07f712e01b2cGoodison, Nicholas and Judith199919991999-07-12givenEntry date: 1999-07-121997CE19971997glassmakerreferenceagent-156034adlib-agent-156034ce3f9f1e-e37a-398f-a937-69af7aa84028Clegg, TessaText from object entry in A. Game (2016) ‘Contemporary British Crafts: The Goodison Gift to the Fitzwilliam Museum’. London: Philip Wilson Publishers: Tessa Clegg studied Glassmaking between 1979 and 1982 at Stourbridge College of Art. She established an independent studio in London and began to design and develop ideas for glass vessels using the ancient pâte de verre technique which had been receiving renewed attention from, among others, her college tutor, Keith Cummings (b.1940). Her pursuit of the perfectly proportioned vessel involved considerable technical experiment, culminating in a series of pleated bowls in which she was able to control both inside and outside surfaces, and the introduction of colour through pioneering a technique of frit casting in a kiln, using a mould made by the lost-wax technique. By the late 1990s, following an international programme of exhibitions, she produced the first in a series of more formal sculptural works, cast in glass. These still drew on the functional form, but abstracted and simplified the detail to allow greater play of inner and outer structures. In 1998, she was awarded the prestigious Jerwood Prize for Applied Arts: Glass. ‘These works have a monumentality of visual concept … each piece of glass takes time to appreciate; it creeps discreetly into subconscious awareness, thereafter claiming attention. There are no complications, but equally there are no concessions.’ Jennifer Opie, former Curator of Glass at the Victoria and Albert Museum A life history interview with Tessa Clegg is available at http://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Craftsreferenceterm-109890adlib-term-109890825251c2-9904-34be-b6ab-c855347f224720th Century, Late#referenceterm-107700adlib-term-1077008f5360fb-b262-3ae9-8942-b81cc0e3e848Elizabeth IIreferenceterm-106216adlib-term-106216825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0literalEnglandEnglandcountryLondonHeightcm8.6referencemedia-196683adlib-media-196683b72b9b7a-02b5-3a25-a2d4-91482e725789jpegaa/aa33/large_C_13_20_26_20A_1999_1_201409_kly25_dc2.jpg1heightpixels768widthpixels102416162740434481imagejpegaa/aa33/mid_C_13_20_26_20A_1999_1_201409_kly25_dc2.jpg1heightpixels375widthpixels50016162740434481imagejpegaa/aa33/C_13_20_26_20A_1999_1_201409_kly25_dc2.jpg1heightpixels769widthpixels102516162740434481imagejpegaa/aa33/preview_C_13_20_26_20A_1999_1_201409_kly25_dc2.jpg1heightpixels188widthpixels25016162740434481image0media
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imagereferenceterm-42494adlib-term-42494b814b8fb-b682-3d5b-9e10-7e7c0dd16cb7containerobject namereferenceterm-109889adlib-term-1098899d2b434a-b03b-3dfa-8bb5-5d0ced5829c3studio glasscategoryhistory notePurchased by the donors from Adrian Sassoon, 14 Rutland Gate, London, SW7 1BB1referenceobject-126939adlib-object-1269390ee1edd3-7ede-3904-8486-4b41eea191d91reference1term-89198adlib-term-891989b93ca03-061f-3c1c-a79f-707511cc4791vesselvesselreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. without illustration, no. 4530 'Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Sir Nicholas and Lady Goodison Gift'138referencepublication-4830adlib-publication-4830b4766f19-5668-3c2d-a708-6b5519195258The National Art Collections Fund 1999 ReviewRef. pp. 46-7 a short article on Tessa Clegg's work46-7referencepublication-5616adlib-publication-56164d2de11c-bb49-3ec1-a69e-57d835e69141Artists in Glass, Late Twentieth-Century Masters in GlassPubl. pp. 66-7, no. 20, illustrated p. 67. Object description, maker's biography and quote from a former V&A Glass curator66-67referencepublication-8258adlib-publication-825871d79ea2-2385-305e-9044-fbb0cde9ffe7Contemporary British Crafts: The Goodison Gift to The Fitzwilliam Museumreferenceterm-109889adlib-term-1098899d2b434a-b03b-3dfa-8bb5-5d0ced5829c3studio glassreferenceterm-42494adlib-term-42494b814b8fb-b682-3d5b-9e10-7e7c0dd16cb7containercontainerCast clear bubbly glass and opaque, white-veined turquoise glassreferenceterm-26699adlib-term-26699a385eebb-7834-3204-a17f-d9c3cd15d9b8casting (process)Rondo No 2object
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