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Object NameBox with Lid

Designer Peter S. Aldridge (British, b. 1947)

Designer Jane Osborn-Smith (British, 1952-2013)

Manufacturer Steuben Glass, Inc. (1903-)

Made FromLead Glass

Date1981-1982

TechniqueSlump cast, precision ground, hemisphere blackened

SizeOverall H: 10.5 cm, W: 15.3 cm x 15.3 cm

Accession Number90.4.9

Credit LineGift of Steuben Glass, Inc.

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; slump cast, precision ground, hemisphere blackened in hydrogen-reduction furnace, polished, decoration "Monaired" (sandblasted) with engraved highlights. Solid cast lidded box; (a) solid square box, with chamfered corners; blackened hemispherical cavity (appearing gray through box walls), with narrow inset edge upon which lid flange rests slightly raised above box top edge; all surfaces ground and polished; inscribed in script on base near corner: "Steuben", flange surface decorated, with lightly "monaired" pattern of bird heads framed in a wreath of bramble vines, berries and flowers; (b) square lid, with wide shallow circular lens cut in top; base of lid has solid circular flange same size and placed directly opposite of upper side lens.
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