Not currently on display at the V&A

Tree of Life

Bowl
1993-4 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Blue round glass bowl, shallow with wide rim, engraved and/or sandblasted with designs of flowers, leaves and birds, and text around the rim.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleTree of Life (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Glass, sandblasted, hand-blown, cased
Brief description
"Tree of Life" glass bowl, by Peter Furlonger, 1993-1994, Britain.
Physical description
Blue round glass bowl, shallow with wide rim, engraved and/or sandblasted with designs of flowers, leaves and birds, and text around the rim.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.4cm
  • Diameter: 36.6cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • ‘Desire fulfilled is a tree of life, hope deferred makes the heart sick’, engraved
  • 'PJF', engraved on base
Credit line
Purchased by the Alastair Pilkington Fund
Object history
Included in the Guild of Glass engravers' exhibition 'Art on GLass', The Economist Building.
Subjects depicted
Other number
Collection
Accession number
C.110-1994

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
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