bowl
Object NameBowl
Designer
Frederick Carder
(American, b. United Kingdom, 1863-1963)
Gafferprobably
James E. Janson OLD
(b. Sweden, 1888-1952)
Manufacturer
Steuben Glass, Inc.
(1903-)
Made FromGlass
Date1915-1930
Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning
TechniqueCast from pre-formed mosaic glass canes
SizeOverall H: 7.8 cm, Diam (max): 15.7 cm
Accession Number75.4.172
Credit LineGift of Corning Glass Works
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
The History of Steuben Design, 1903-1989
Frederick Carder: Portrait of a Glassmaker
Steuben: Seventy Years of American Glassmaking
Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass
Not On View
Physical DescriptionHexagonal mosaic glass canes, principally of four types: (1) transparent pale yellow matrix with opaque white six-pointed star containing five translucent yellow and four opaque light blue rods with square cross-section, arranged in checkerboard pattern; (2) opaque white matrix with colorless six-pointed star containing five translucent light green and four translucent deep blue rods with square cross-section, arranged in checkerboard pattern; (3) translucent deep blue matrix with colorless six-pointed star containing five translucent pale purple and four translucent deep blue rods with square cross-section, arranged in checkerboard pattern; (4) translucent deep blue matrix with five transparent pale yellow and four opaque light blue rods with square-cross section, arranged in checkerboard pattern; also few canes with translucent deep blue matrix and colorless six-pointed star; translucent purple trail on rim. Plain rim consisting of purple trail with upper surface flattened by grinding; wall tapers to mid-point and then curves inward to bottom; flat, narrow base with slight concavity; canes arranged in four uneven concentric zones: at center, extending to about one-third of total height, type (1); above this, usually three but in places two rows of type (2); above this, at one point extending to rim, usually three but in places two rows of type (3); above this most of circumference has one to three rows of type (4), mixed with a few canes with colorless stars.Provenance
Source
Corning Glass Works, Corning
- 1975-10-23
Former Collection
Corning Public Library
