Snake Jug

Michael Bayne

About 2006

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Large, irregularly-shaped and pinched vessel composed of fused glass threads primarily in red, but with splotches of black, green and yellow, the threads are visible on the surface and give it a "stringy" appearance, the interior is bright orange.
Paneled vase with top-heavy hourglass form, becoming narrower from the base upward then gradually expanding in width to the rim. The foot of the vase consists of flared triangular corners resembling the wings at the base of a rocket. Glass color is Forest Green.
Champagne flute with a conical bowl in black glass with a series of white dots that spiral around the bowl, becoming more elongated as they reach the stem where they appear to wrap around it, with round clear glass foot.
A press-molded circular pitcher with gradated medium brown glaze, a broad spout, and tall neck decorated in relief with a hop bine motif. A scalloped border encircles the vessel where the shoulder meets the body. The handle is in the form of a greyhound, which appears to be climbing into the jug. The body is decorated in relief with hunting scenes: hounds attacking a stag on one side and mastiffs attacking a boar on the other.