Mirage
Glassmaker: Layton, Peter
Orange, a little yellow, dark brown, and lavender-blue glass, free blown. Not quite circular with deep curved sides rising from a narrow circular base, which has been ground flat. The lower part is orange with brown markings resembling a desert landscape, with a narrow wavy heat shimmer above, and lavender-blue sky extending upwards to the rim.
History note: Purchased from Primavera, King's Parade, Cambridge, from the exhibition held in the Fitzwilliam Museum, 2 July - 3 September 2001, Ceramics & Glass, New Work by Alan Caiger-Smith and Peter Layton, PL 02
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Diameter: 30.3 cm
Height: 23.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2001-10-08) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
21st Century, Early
Elizabeth II
Production date:
AD 2001
studio glass
Contemporary Craft
Free-blown : Orange, a little yellow, dark brown, and lavender-blue glass, free blown
Inscription present: probably LR
Accession number: C.13-2001
Primary reference Number: 34934
Entry form number: 161
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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