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Object NameBear Paperweight
Maker Steuben Glass, Inc. (1903-)
Maker David P. Dowler (American, b. 1944)
Made FromLead Glass
Date1974
Place MadeUnited States
Techniquetooled
SizeOverall H: 112.7 cm, W: 7.2 cm, L: 7.2 cm
Accession Number95.4.84
Credit LineGift of Steuben Inc., Design Department
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; tooled. Solid sphere with the figure of a standing bear applied to the top; the bear has a tooled elongated body, applied head with two ears and muzzle, tooled paws extending from body; base of sphere ground flat and polished; gummed paper label with typed no. 8293; unsigned.
Provenance
Source Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903)
vessel
50-99
centerpiece
J. W. Walsh Ltd. Soho & Vesta Glassworks
about 1903-1915
thermometer
Corning Inc.
about 1900-1930
Untitled (White)
Josiah McElheny
2000