Goldbug

Object NameOrnamental

Artist David P. Dowler (American, b. 1944)

Factory Steuben Glass, Inc. (1903-)

Made FromLead Glass, Brass, Jadeite

Date1974

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning

TechniqueCast, cut, polished

SizeOverall H: 4.8 cm; W: 10.8 cm; D: 7.9 cm

Accession Number99.4.24

Credit LineGift of Design Dept., Steuben Glass, A Division of Corning Glass Works

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, brass, green jadeite; cast, cut, polished; ovoid shape in form of bug; oval shaped punty cut into top of back, punty is intersected by a cut groove delineating head from body; a second cut groove down the back of the body begins at the punty and is perpendicular to the first, dividing the body in half; each half has two cut punties, one large and one small; base flat with a brass attachment that hooks into ends of cut grooves; attachment cast into shape of flat stylized bug legs that converge at a ring with a disc of jadite in the middle, the piece of jadeite is directly under the oval shaped cut punty on top; "Steuben" signed near edge of base under head.
Provenance

Source Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903) - 1988