As Grady Hite asked this morning when the content says the fake is on the right and the caption says otherwise, we created some serious confusion. My mistake, and we’ve relabeled.

“Which is the real one. You and Scott give different sides? Grady”

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WHERE DID THE FAKE COME FROM?

Hi Alan,

Thanks for Gazelle Gazette #1690. I read with interest the part about the blue aurene decorated yellow jade vase and the similar fake. Wow. All I can guess is that the value of the Steuben vase is so great that it was worth it to someone to attempt to copy it. Do we have any idea as to the origin of the fakes, e.g., where and when they were made?
I find it hard to believe that someone would have gone to all the effort to make just one of these. There would have to be enough made for the faker to recoup his or her time and effort. Yet if too many of them were made and distributed, they would quickly be revealed as fakes.
Could this be a case of it being a copy that was made shortly after Carder created the original — i.e., perhaps a European glass house copying a Carder piece, possibly to be made and marketed there, or made for export to countries other than the U.S.?
I’d love to hear more about what our members know about Steuben fakes, and whence they originate(d).

Michael Krumme

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SHARING A FAKE

Alan –

Marshall Ketchum posted a picture of an 8513 vase in the Gazette (yellow jade with blue aurene decoration). He mentioned in his write up that there are copies out there that aren’t Steuben. You may remember that I own one of those copies (one of the hazards of buying in on-line auctions from pictures). I sent him a picture of my vase and he combined it with the picture of the authentic vase. The Steuben vase is on the left.

Scott Hansen, Briarcliff Manor, New York

2013 Carder Steuben Club annual Symposium will be held at The Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY from September 19-21, 2013. The festivities will begin with Frederick Carder’s 150th birthday celebration on the evening of September 18, 2013.