CONTINUING RESPONSES

Well, although modern Steuben doesn’t have any relationship to Frederick Carder in terms of design, the same skilled craftsmen did the work both pre and post 1932. I have no idea how many collectors of modern Steuben exist, but I think it is appropriate to add them to the Carder-Steuben Club if they wish to join.

The Carder Gallery is not incorporated into the main galleries because there is more room across the parking lot; it’s also possible to make it free of charge there, and if it was in the main galleries, that would not be possible.

The new galleries are to be devoted to post 1960 glass which makes it impossible to include Carder’s glass.

And the arch in front of the headquarters, which is more available to the public than the new building is, contains Carder’s work for the old main plant.

So I feel that it is inappropriate to say that the The Corning Museum of Glass ignores Frederick Carder’s glass.

Regards,

Jane Shadel Spillman

WEBMASTER’S CORNER

This Blue Aurene vase is shape 6770 and is 6.75 inches high. Shape 6770 is usually seen with reeding, diamond optics and with handles. This example is without all three. The absence of the decoration doesn’t make it a variant it was just made without decoration.

Blue Aurene Vase

Shape #6770

6.75 inches high

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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