"Bird" Vase

Manufacturer Blenko Glass Company

Designer Wayne Husted (American, b. 1927)

Date1954

MediumBlown and applied glass

Dimensions16 5/8 × 11 7/8 in. (42.2 × 30.2 cm)

ClassificationsGlass

Credit LineGift of Damon Crain

Object number2013.6.4

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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 2013.6.4