vase

Object NameGold Aurene Tyrian Vase

Maker Steuben Glass, Inc. (1903-)

Made FromLead Glass

Date1917

TechniqueBlown, decorated

SizeOverall H: 25.2 cm, Diam: 12.4 cm

Accession Number69.4.214

Credit LineBequest of Gladys Carder Welles

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Steuben: Seventy Years of American Glassmaking

The Glass of Frederick Carder

Place Made

United States, NY, Corning

Physical DescriptionOpaque mottled green shaded to purple-grey "Tyrian" lead glass and translucent "Gold Aurene" and yellowish-white lead glass; blown and decorated. Circular "Gold Aurene" applied rim; mottled green neck with "Gold Aurene" and yellowish white "zigzag" decoration swells to shoulder with "Gold Aurene" applied band; mottled green shading to dark purple-grey curvilinear inverted conical body which swells at base area and curves under to base; applied "Gold Aurene" leaf and vine encircles the upper body area; polished pontil; wheel engraved on base: "Tyrian"; also: "F Carder 1917". Catalogue design #2416.
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