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Armadillo

Object NameDesign Model

Maker Steuben Glass, Inc. (1903-)

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

Maker Robert Cassetti (American, b. 1957)

Made FromMahogany; Primer; Paint

Dateabout 1975-1980

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning

TechniqueCarved; Painted

SizeOverall H: 5.8 cm, W: 13 cm, D: 8.9 cm

Accession Number99.7.6 C

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

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionMahogany, gray primer, white paint; carved, painted; ovoid form in shape of armadillo; tapered head with two eyes and two flat ears; humped shell that is ribbed in middle, ribs flare out from ridge of back down both sides of shell; rounded oblong shaped tail curved under bottom of shell to base, inverted U drawn in blue ink around tail, line in black ink scribbled onto shell from one side of tail to middle of closest rib; base convex with depressed outer edge.
Provenance

Former Collection Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903) - 1999