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Compote

Designer Frederick Carder (American, 1863-1963)

Manufacturer Steuben Glass Works (American, 1903-1932)

Date1920-1930

DimensionsH: 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.); Rim Diam: 21.2 cm (8 11/32 in.); Base Diam: 15.8 cm (6 7/32 in.);

MediumPale amber (Gold Aurene) glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. James A. Nicholson

Object number

1966.139

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 3

DescriptionSteuben no. 6058 compote. Blown and finished by tooling. Applied ribbed stem of two pieces blown and patterned in molds. Applied foot blown in a mold and patterned with sixteen ribs, then finished by tooling. Rough pontil mark.

Published ReferencesFreeman, Larry, Iridescent Glass, Watkins Glen, N.Y., Century House, 1956, p. 9, right.

Wittmann, Otto, Treasures, repr. p. 118.

Osborne, Harold, ed., The Oxford Companion to the Decorative Arts, London, Oxford University Press, 1975, p. 410, top left.

Gardner, Paul V., The Glass of Frederick Carder, New York, Crown, 1971, pp. 44, 78 (ill.), 174, no. 6058.

Wilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.]: National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.): ill. (some col.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 630, no. 1027, colorpl. 1027, p. 583.