Ice Penguin

Object NameOrnamental

Designer James A. Houston (Canadian, 1921-2005)

Factory Steuben Glass, Inc. (1903-)

Made FromLead Glass, Silver

Date1983

TechniqueCast, cut, engraved, sandblasted, polished, assembled

SizeOverall H: 16 cm; W: 11.8 cm; D: 5 cm

Accession Number99.4.36

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 DescriptionColorless lead glass; silver; cast, cut, engraved, sandblasted, polished, assembled; upright rectangular shape cut to resemble an ice floe; colorless concave groove (crack in the ice) bisects top and upper portion of object, which are frosted; on top there is a standing silver penguin looking down into groove; front and back sides of object flat; ten air bubbles, a diving penguin, and a school of five tiny fish engraved into the back; one side of object concave, other side convex; sloped triangular cuts in lower portion of object frosted; flat base.
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