Gazelle Bowl

Object NameBowl

Designer Sidney Waugh (American, 1904-1963)

Engraver Joseph C. Libisch (American, b. Croatia, 1886-1964)

Manufacturer Steuben Glass, Inc. (1903-)

Made FromLead Glass

Date1935

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning

TechniqueBlown, cut, copper-wheel engraved, polished

SizeOverall H: 17.7 cm, Diam: 18.2 cm

Accession Number90.4.244

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. John K. Olsen

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

The Cutting Edge: 200 Years of the Crystal Object

On ViewCrystal City Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

With John Monteith Gates, the sculptor Sidney Waugh developed a modern yet classical style for the new Steuben colorless glass. The first Gazelle Bowls were engraved by the master engraver Joseph Libisch (1886–1964).

Physical DescriptionBowl, "Gazelle Bowl". Colorless lead glass; blown, cut, copper-wheel engraved and polished. (a) Heavy spherical shape, with lipless rim; mid-section decorated, with a band of twelve deeply intaglio engraved (unpolished) overlapping gazelles with articulated musculature and varying head and body placement forming an undulating line; gazelles placed between two bands of double v-cut and polished lines; rounded base, with polished pontil; diamond point inscribed in script just above lower cut bands: "Sidney Waugh"; (b) heavy, circular shape notched to form a cross; upper surface has been cut and ground into a dished support; thick sides taper in towards top, decorated on protruding edges, near base, with three parallel horizontal rows of v-cuts; base ground and polished flat; inscribed in script near edge of one quadrant: "Steuben".
Provenance

Former Collection John K. Olsen

Former Collection Barbara H. Olsen (1923-2016)