vase

Object NameVase

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

Made FromGlass

Date1952

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning

TechniqueCast lost-wax process, possibly acid etched

SizeOverall H: 18.4 cm, Diam (max): 14 cm; Rim Diam: 17.8 cm, Rim Diam (Inner?): 9.5 cm

Accession Number52.4.286

Credit LineGift of Frederick Carter

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

The Glass of Frederick Carder

Brilliance in glass: the lost wax sculpture of Frederick Carder

Not On View

Physical DescriptionVase. Thick smoky translucent colorless, light blue and green very bubbly "diatreta" glass; cast (and acid etched?); slightly oval body with flat base and thickened rim; a heavy open network of branches attached to the body by short rods and two reglets envelopes the body; surface of network and body is "frosted", on base: "F. Carder 1952".
Provenance

Source Frederick Carder (American, b. United Kingdom, 1863-1963) - 1952