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Object NameVase
Designer Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend (b. 1948)
Maker Lino Tagliapietra (Italian, b. 1934)
Maker Jeffrey Babcock
Studio Steuben Glass, Inc. (1903-)
Made FromLead Glass
Date1991
Techniqueblown, hot-worked
SizeOverall H: 37.8 cm, W (arm to arm): 18 cm, Diam: 14.1 cm
Accession Number91.4.98
Credit LineGift of Steuben Glass, Inc.
Curatorial Area(s)
Place Made
United States, NY, Corning
Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown, hot-worked. Tall hollow amphora-shaped vase in form of a headless female figure; narrow cylindrical collared opening ground and polished flat, wide circular shoulder extends at right angle then tapers in sharply to form hourglass waist, two solid spheres applied to one side form "breasts", two arm handles are applied to shoulder on opposite sides, flanking breasts, as thick bits bent and angled down then pulled to form two narrow tapered handles curving inward, "hand" ends are turned upward and attached at "hip" area, lower two-thirds of body is conical and decorated with horizontal rows of narrow trailed irregular zig-zag "ruffles", body tapers to narrow solid base (area nearest base is void of applications); base ground and polished flat, no pontil; unsigned.
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Object copyright© Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend