Copper Ruby Double Bubble Vase

Artist Audrey Handler (American, born 1934)

Date1966

Dimensions7 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (19.1 × 14 × 8.9 cm)

MediumBlown glass, 475 marble glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with Museum Art Funds

Object number

2016.240

Not on View

DescriptionThe body of vase is made of thick clear glass and has an interior ruby red layer. The mid section of the body is lighter than the neck and base giving the piece an ombré appearance. The piece is asymmetrical with a slanted neck and everted rim. There are applied glass gathers (prunts) on the shoulders.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, First Toledo Glass National Exhibition, Toledo Ohio, 1966.Comparative ReferencesSee also Martha, Lynn, American Studio Glass, 1960 – 1990, Manchester, Vermont, Hudson Hills Press, 2004, pg. 62, 65, 75.