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Object Timeline

1986

  • Work on this object began.

1990

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

from "Shard" series Platter

This is a platter. It was created by Val Cushing. It is dated 1986 and we acquired it in 1990. Its medium is stoneware, glaze. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 15 x 52 cm (5 7/8 x 20 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

inscribed in clay on bottom: Val Cushing / 1986 / Alfred N. Y.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in clay on bottom: "Val Cushing/1986/Alfred N.Y."

Cite this object as

from "Shard" series Platter; Val Cushing; USA; stoneware, glaze; H x diam.: 15 x 52 cm (5 7/8 x 20 1/2 in.); 1990-88-1

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