Vase

Designer Frederick Carder (American, 1863-1963)

Manufacturer Steuben Glass Works (American, 1903-1932)

DateProbably 1920-1932

DimensionsH: 20.9 cm (8 1/4 in.); Rim Diam: 11.8 cm (4 21/32 in.); Max Diam: 19.1 cm (7 17/32 in.); Base Diam: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Carl Staelin Memorial Fund

Object number

1978.19

Not on View

DescriptionSteuben no. 2683 vase, Cluthra. Gather rolled over crushed light amethyst glass bits of varying sizes and sodium or potassium nitrate, which caused the crushed glass to foam and produce bubbles of varying sizes as it was overlaid with another gather of colorless glass. Blown in a paste mold and finished by tooling. Concave, polished pontil mark.

Published ReferencesSteuben Hand-Blown Glassware, trade catalogue, Steuben Division, Corning Glass Works, Corning, NY, 1932, p. 6, no. 2683 (8 1/2-in. vase).

Revi, Albert Christian, American Art Nouveau, Camden, NJ, and Toronto, Nelson, 1968, p. 380 (repr. of page from 1932 Steuben catalogue), no. 2683.

Hotchkiss, pp. 22, 38 (repr. of page from 1932 Steuben catalogue), no. 2683.

Ericson, Eric E., A Guide to Colored Steuben Glass, 1903-1933, 2 vols., Loveland, Colo., Lithographic Press, 1963-65, p. 43.

Gardner, Paul V., The Glass of Frederick Carder, New York, Crown, 1971, p. 72, pl. 18, left; p. 268 (repr. of page from Steuben 1932 catalogue), no. 2683.

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. 754, no. 1298, colorpl. 1298, p. 768.