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On display at V&A South Kensington
Glass, Room 131

Three Pebbles

Form
1992 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Glass bottle and two stoppers in the form of three pebbles balancing, with an inner peg, one on top of the other. The top pebble has been carved with linear decoration, while the lower two pebbles have been sandblasted to give a matt finish.
The glass is made in more than one piece and each section is attached by reheating - in order to achieve the necessary size. The pegs are glued with a refractory glue.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Form (One Part of "Three Pebbles")
  • Form (One Part of "Three Pebbles")
  • Form (One Part of "Three Pebbles")
TitleThree Pebbles (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
glass, handblown, carved, cut and sandblasted
Brief description
"Three Pebbles", glass form, hand blown, carved, cut and sand-blasted, Catherine Hough, London, 1992.
Physical description
Glass bottle and two stoppers in the form of three pebbles balancing, with an inner peg, one on top of the other. The top pebble has been carved with linear decoration, while the lower two pebbles have been sandblasted to give a matt finish.
The glass is made in more than one piece and each section is attached by reheating - in order to achieve the necessary size. The pegs are glued with a refractory glue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.2cm
  • Length: 23.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
C Hough (engraved)
Object history
Included in the exhibition "British Contemporary Glass", Crafts Council, 1993".
Other number
9795 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Accession number
C.306:3-1993

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Record createdNovember 17, 1999
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