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"Covered Urn"
"Covered Urn"

"Covered Urn"

Object NameCovered Urn
Maker Steuben Glass, Inc. (1903-)
Maker David Hills (American, active at Steuben 1948-1952)
Made FromLead Glass
Date1950
Place MadeUnited States
Techniqueblown, applied, tooled, ground, polished
Size(a,b) H: 26.3 cm; (a) H; 7.3 cm, L(incl. handle): 20.3 cm, D(rim): 13.2 cm, (foot): 11.2 cm; (b) H: 9.9 cm, D: 13.9 cm
Accession Number97.4.100
Credit LineGift of Steuben Glass
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown, applied, tooled, ground, polished. (a) Bucket-shaped bowl with two applied C-shaped handles on either side; applied disk and solid cylindrical stem and applied flat circular foot; ground and polished under base, ground and polished pontil mark. Signed "Steuben" in diamond-point script under base in the center. Gummed paper label with typed no. "8019". (b) Slightly domed circular lid with applied solid cylindrical finial with interior drop-shaped air bubble, rim ground and polished.
Provenance
Source Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903)
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