Spiral Cone

Cam Langley

1986-1990

  • Titles Spiral Cone (Proper)
  • Artist Cam Langley, American, 1948 - 2013
  • Medium blown glass
  • Dimensions 4 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. Diam. (10.8 × 8.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Anonymous gift, AFI.57.2011, image © Cam Langley
  • Work Type goblet
  • Classification Containers

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Stemless, conical drinking glass of clear glass and decorated with a thread of pink glass that spirals around the cone of the bowl and into the foot, which is comprised of a thick, clear cube-shaped blob of glass.
Large, square quilt made of cotton feed sacks in the form of a grid of 25 blocks, the ground fabric of each block in shades of green, the central blocks with the image of candy in wrappers, the two outer rows of green floral prints, the fourth block down in the far left outer row of a darker green-ground fabric, in the center of each block is a colorful wheel comprised of a series of radiating arms or rays stemming from a central medallion with a small yellow star in the middle, the grid and border defined by a floral fabric in a different beige-green shade.
Wagon Wheel quilt?, unusual pattern, never seen before, similar to Pickle Dish and Double Wedding Ring, red and white
Souvenir plate with blue transfer-printed decoration. Border reading BIRMINGHAM / THE INDUSTRIAL CITY BEAUTIFUL (top and bottom), with industrial skyline frieze (left and right). At center of plate, full-length view of Vulcan on pedestal with banner caption at left: WHERE VULCAN, / THE MIGHTY MAN / OF IRON, STANDS