inkwell

Object NameInkwell with Stopper

Maker Steuben Glass, Inc. (1903-)

Made FromGlass

Date1937

Techniquebottle blown and tooled; stopper tooled

SizeOverall H: 10.5 cm, Diam: 12.5 cm

Accession Number79.4.265

Credit LineGift of Otto W. Hilbert

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Steuben at the '39 World's Fair

Glass and Glamour: Steuben's Modern Moment, 1930-1960

Place Made

United States, NY, Corning

Physical DescriptionColorless glass; bottle blown and tooled; stopper tooled; both ground and polished. (a) short vessel with wide body; rim outsplayed with rounded lip; short cylindrical neck which splays at bottom and merges with shoulder; wall with sloping shoulder with rounded edge, below which it curves downward and slightly outward to bottom; flat base with small concavity at center, presumably where pontil mark was removed by grinding and polishing; scratched signature on bottom, near edge: "Steuben" in cursive script; (b) spherical knop above short cylindrical stem with disk-shaped molding; tapering toward bottom, with bevel at junction with base, flat underside; scratched on bottom: "S" or "5".
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