"Bird" Vase
Manufacturer
Blenko Glass Company
Designer
Wayne Husted
(American, b. 1927)
CultureAmerican
Date1954
MediumBlown and applied glass
Dimensions16 5/8 × 11 7/8 in. (42.2 × 30.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Damon Crain
Object number2013.6.4
Not on view
Description“Bird” Vase measures 16 1/2 x 10 1/4 dia. inches. It is a blown glass vase made in translucent Charcoal gray. Shaped like a bird, it features a beak-like protrusion at the lip, long neck, and bulbous bottom. A colorless tooled handle appears as the tail of the bird-form. It is design #5410 and has no labels or signatures.Label TextBlenko Glass Company Wayne Husted, designer American (b. 1927) "Bird" Vase, 1954 Blown and cut glass, 16 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Damon Crain 2013.6.4ProvenancePurchased by New York dealer Damon Crain from a private collection in St. Louis, MO, January 2002; gift of Damon Crain to Chrysler Museum of Art, June 2013.Published References1954 Blenko sales catalog.
