HGM STEUBEN NO. 49

1.I agree that the bowl in Gazette #1704 is Shape 2851 but the color looks more like Wisteria than Amethyst. I suggest that someone at the museum look at the bowl under both fluorescent and iridescent light to see if it appears to change color. If it does, its Wisteria.

David Goldstein, Naples, Florida

2. Alan,

I think that David meant to say incandescent lighting not iridescent.

Bob Bjork, Stonington, CT

Optic Ribbed Amethyst Bowl

Shape #2851

10 inch diameter

CASED, FLASHED, STAINED?

This question has been posed:

1. “I’ve been studying glass recently with two layers – colored over colorless. These pieces are variously described as “cased”, “flashed” or “stained”. Could someone please explain the difference among these three terms and how I can tell the difference (especially in a photograph)?”

2. Answer– the full explanation is found here Thank you, Charles Sweigart.

3. Alan, Charles Sweigart’s article answers most of the questions, but only briefly mentions “enameled” which is a layer of finely ground glass mixed with a solvent and painted on and fired. Also the term “paperweight” fits in. A layer of clear glass that covers the outside of an article.

Leigh Alan Demrow, Janesville, Wisconsin.

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.

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