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Object NameDiatreta Vase

Designer Frederick Carder (American, b. United Kingdom, 1863-1963)

Made FromGlass

Date1953

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning

TechniqueCast in a cire perdue mold (lost-wax process), frosted

SizeOverall H: 16.2 cm, Diam (max): 18.4 cm; Rim Diam: 15 cm

Accession Number53.4.26

Credit LineGift of Frederick Carder

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Frederick Carder: Steuben Glass Works

The Glass of Frederick Carder

Frederick Carder: Portrait of a Glassmaker

On ViewThe Juliette K. and Leonard S. Rakow Research Library

Physical DescriptionDiatreta Vase. Translucent bubbly extremely heavy colorless "frosted" glass with purple veins; cast; (lost wax process) bulging oval body with flat base and concave rim; around the body a heavy leaf-frieze in open work ("diatreta"), attached partly to the body and partly to two rings at top and bottom, on lower body six vertical ribs with single rosettes in the spaces between the ribs; on the base: "F. Carder 1953".
Provenance

Source Frederick Carder (American, b. United Kingdom, 1863-1963) - 1953-05-18