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Plate

Designers: Michael Higgins, American, born England, 1908-1999; Frances Higgins, American, 1912-2004
Medium: Glass
Place Made: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Dates: ca. 1955
Dimensions: 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (1.9 x 31.8 x 31.8 cm)
Markings: Printed on edge of rim, in script: "higgins"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 2002.104.4
Credit Line: H. Randolph Lever Fund
Image: Overall, 2002.104.4_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Slumped colorless glass plate with red-orange, orange, and gray decorations. Decorations consist of red-orange background and red-orange petal forms around plate; petals contain triangular shapes of alternating orange and gray color.

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