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Bowl

Designers: Michael Higgins, American, born England, 1908-1999; Frances Higgins, American, 1912-2004
Medium: Glass
Place Made: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Dates: ca. 1955
Dimensions: 1 1/2 x 12 3/4 x 10 in. (3.8 x 32.4 x 25.4 cm)
Markings: Printed on rim in lower right corner, in script: "higgins"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 2002.104.3
Credit Line: H. Randolph Lever Fund
Image: Overall, 2002.104.3_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Slumped colorless glass bowl with orange, red, green, and gold decorations. Trapezoid shape with flat rim of uneven width and rounded corners; rim extends farthest at upper left corner. Decorations consist of alternating orange, red, and green bands that radiate from center of base to edge of rim, and concentric rings of gold line (solid and dotted line) that follow shape of bowl.

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