figurine

Object NameSea Horse

Maker Steuben Glass, Inc. (1903-)

Maker Lloyd D. Atkins (American, 1922-2002)

Made FromLead Glass

Date1961

Techniquemolded and hot-worked, ground and polished

SizeOverall H: 21.9 cm, W: 11.5 cm; Base Diam: 6.3 cm

Accession Number89.4.72

Credit LineGift of Steuben Glass, Inc. Design Department

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

United States, NY, Corning

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; molded and hot-worked (assembled from seven bits of glass), ground and polished. Sea horse on solid hemispherical base. Head, body and tail formed from one bit: body is vertical, resting on curled tail and with long head and snout pointing forward and downward; each eye consists of applied disk with stamped boss at center; at back of head, on either side: triangular fin, applied and crimped; on body at mid-point: triangular dorsal fin, applied and crimped. No signature.
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