Teapot Sample Box with Lustre Bird

Artist Richard Marquis (American, born 1945)

Date1993

Dimensions16 1/2 × 1 1/8 × 3 3/4 in. (41.9 × 2.9 × 9.5 cm)

Mediumblown glass, plate glass, enamel, mixed media

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Joan and George Haigh

Object number

2022.1

Not on View

DescriptionPlate glass box with 4 shelves and 11 glass teapots. Interspersed between teapots are found objects, a painted wooden duck and salt shaker as glass canes and murrine pieces. The exterior of the box is painted sporadically with colored enamel.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Hot Spot, Contemporary Glass from Private Collections, April 15 – September 18, 2016.Comparative ReferencesSee also Richard Marquis Objects, University of Washington Press, 1998.