a group of three Friendship Ball glass ornaments
Item Number: 7043
Time Left: CLOSED
Value: $90
Online Close: Apr 1, 2007 6:00 AM EDT
Bid History: 0 bids
Description
This grouping contains three unique pieces. They are hand-blown glass ornaments of "Friendship Balls" suitable for use as ornamentation for your Christmas tree or as year-'round decoration for your home. The artist chose to use a variety of beautiful glass to create these teardrop-shaped ornaments. One is in lovely shades of green and blue mixed with gold. The next is in ochre, gold, and white mixed with burgundy to create a dramatic piece. The last is cobalt, yellow, and peach along with touches of green, purple, and burgundy.
Special Instructions
The art of hand-blown glass is done by inflating a gob of molten glass gathered on the end of a blowpipe. For these pieces the gaffer blew through the tube, slightly inflating the gob. It is then manipulated into the desired shape by swirling it and rolling the glass on a marver or shaping it with tools.