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Object NameDesign Model of Butterfly

Maker Steuben Glass, Inc. (1903-)

Made FromPlasticine

Dateabout 1970-1985

TechniqueCarved; Tooled

SizeOverall H: 8.7 cm, W: 12 cm, D: 9.9 cm

Accession Number99.7.21

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

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

United States, NY, Corning

Physical DescriptionBrown plasticine; carved, tooled; truncated conical shape; top concave; side of cone split on one side, four horizontal ridges/steps on split side from top of cone down to top of split; base concave with flat edges, image of butterfly tooled into base (split in cone follows outline of top edges of butterfly's upper wings); body of butterfly raised, decoration tooled into upper and lower right wings; object unfinished.
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