vase

Object NameVase w/Scroll Base

Maker Steuben Glass, Inc. (1903-)

Maker George Thompson (American, 1913-1981)

Made Fromglass, lead glass

Date1949 or later

Techniqueblown, applied

SizeH: 15.4 cm, D(rim): 10.9 cm

Accession Number94.4.3

Credit LineBequest of Suzanne Nady

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionColorless glass, lead glass; blown, applied. Vase: bell-shaped. Rim plain, slightly everted, with rounded lip; wall descends in very steep, elongated S-shaped curve, then straightens and curves in again at bottom, so that body suggests tall, inverted bell rising from shorter inverted bell; base disk-shaped, with sloping top, vertical side and flat bottom; pontil mark removed by grinding and polishing. Two opposed scrolls applied to bottom of wall, drawn up, then folded out and down, immediately below top of lower "bell". Signature scratched on underside of foot, at center: "Steuben" (cursive).
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