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Object NameDiatreta Bowl with Cover

Designer Frederick Carder (American, b. United Kingdom, 1863-1963)

Manufacturer Steuben Glass, Inc. (1903-)

Made FromLead Glass

Date1953

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning

TechniqueCire perdue technique

SizeOverall H: 25.7 cm, D: 21.7 cm

Accession Number53.4.38

Credit LineGift of Frederick Carder

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Brilliance in glass: the lost wax sculpture of Frederick Carder

Particle Theories: International Pate de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations

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Physical DescriptionDiatreta Bowl with Cover. Colorless and transparent mottled amethyst lead glasses with choloidal gold dichroic inclusions; cire perdue technique. (a) Circular upper rim; inverted dome-shape body with three symmetrically placed horses' heads above and encircling frieze of panels of circles divided by vertical pillars in the diatreta style; solid cylindrical base with three vertical pillars; wheel-engraved on base: "F Carder 1953". (b) Low profile conical shape cover with lattice work of circles and grooved angular pillars with a flower below each pillar; angel-like finial; inverted conical lower rim; wheel-engraved by rim: "F Carder 1953".
Provenance

Source Frederick Carder (American, b. United Kingdom, 1863-1963) - 1953