Retrospective and Perspective

Dec 4, 2018
Issue 3093

The Reifschlager Gallery At The Rockwell Museum Before 2000

President of What?

Boy you caught me off guard today, I knew we didn’t have a U.S. President Williams, he must have been a Corning officer; right? John Styler Who Knows the answer to this question?

Colorless lead glass; cast. Rectangular plaque with three- quarter portrait bust in relief of Francis C. Williams; inscription in relief: “FRANCIS C. WILLIAMS/PRESIDENT 1919-1934/HONEST AND TRUE”; satin finish over all; impressed on original model and reproduced in glass casting: “19 35”.

Collection of Corning Museum of Glass, gift of Frederick Carder

Symposium 2025
Carder Steuben Glass Association
19-20 September 2025
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