Sky Blue Tlingit Glass Basket
Artist
Preston Singletary
(American (Tlingit), born 1963)
Date2020
MediumBlown and sand-carved glass
Dimensions8 × 9 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (20.3 × 24.1 × 24.1 cm)
ClassificationsGlass
Credit LineGift of Virginia and John Hitch
Object number2021.21.1
On View
Not on viewsmaller one is further described as a berry basket. Both glass vessels are blown and sand-carved (sandblasted) on their exterior.
The larger of the two baskets has a slightly conical shape with gradually tapering
sides. It is blown from translucent, sky blue glass with a lip wrap of opaque dark blue glass. The glass has an all-over raised pattern of small dots, gridded on the exterior surface to give the glass the appearance of a woven texture. A single, broad, horizontal band of geometric patterning (zig-zag lines, triangles, stepped lines) wraps around the exterior, in a contrasting metallic-brownish glass; the brown glass began as an overlay, which was then sand-carved to reveal the blue glass beneath. On the base, the artist’s signature is incised into the glass in script: Preston Singletary 2020.
Early 20th century
early 20th century
1912-1959
Early 20th century