inkwell
Object NameInkwell with Stopper
Maker
Steuben Glass, Inc.
(1903-)
Made FromGlass
Date1937
Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning
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)
Exhibitions
Glass and Glamour: Steuben's Modern Moment, 1930-1960
Steuben at the '39 World's Fair
Not On View
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".Provenance
Source
Otto Hilbert
- 1979
