figurine

Object NameLeaping Salmon

Maker Steuben Glass, Inc. (1903-)

Maker James A. Houston (Canadian, 1921-2005)

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1975-about 1976

Place MadeUnited States

Techniquehot-formed

SizeH: 16.7 cm, W: 27.8 cm, D: 12.3 cm

Accession Number88.4.66

Credit LineGift of Steuben Glass

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; hot-formed. Solid figure with head and tail curving in towards each other; widely opened mouth sheared and tooled to form cavity and hooked upper lip, applied eyes, two short front fins flattened towards body, flattened dorsal fin, single short lower fin (mate is broken off), length of body has incised center line, twisted tail with slight tooling, large rough punty near tail; one side of body marked in red crayon: "SALMON"; acetate tape on other side reads in ink: (illegible) 1/4 lb./L-10 1/2 in./H-6 1/4 in."; same side has a large "X" marked in black crayon; unsigned.
Provenance

Source Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903)