Collection Includes Modern Steuben and Carder Steuben

Pair of Carder Covered Vases Shown in Monday’s Gazette

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Good morning Alan,

During these times of mandated isolation, I so look forward to the Gazette to brighten up my morning.ÿ

This pair of covered vases in The Cleveland Museum of Art is absolutely stunning. For the Art Deco collector they are most definitely the “Cat’s Meow”! The floral decor on the covers appears, to my old eyes, to be from the “Mansard” pattern with the leaves inverted.

This also brings a big thanks to Scott for sharing this wonderful bit of Steuben advertising which I have never seen before.

Regards to all, and Stay In and Stay Safe !!

Cheers,

David P. Donaldson, MFA

Covered Vase Curiosity

Perhaps I’m too literal-minded, but I have always found the term “covered vase” curious. I’ve seen this several times in relation to Carder-era Steuben, but don’t recall having ever seen the term anywhere else. Does anyone have any insight into why a “vase” would have a lid, or why it wasn’t called something else?

Michael Krumme

Los Angeles

Steuben Vase Part of “British Artists in Crystal” Exhibit

Goblet with Cover: Puss in Boots

c. 1954

Part of a set.

Designer of decoration

Oliver Messel

(British, 1904-1978)

Manufacturer

Steuben Glass, Inc.

(America, est. 1903)

America, New York, Corning, 20th century

Glass

Overall: 40.7 cm (16 in.)

Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1958.71

LOCATION

not on view

The Cleveland Museum of Art

https://www.clevelandart.org

As one of her research interests, Gail Bardhan, retired librarian from the Rakow Research Library at CMoG, kept a list of American museums with Steuben glass in their collection. I have used her research to find examples of Steuben glass in the collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art. Scott Hansen