The Carder Steuben Club has passed 200 dues paying members for the first time in its history. Thank you again to all of you for supporting the Club.

Scott Hansen
President

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The Trip of a Steuben Bowl

I remember about 9 years ago when I came to my first symposium and I won this Bristol Yellow Atomic Vase in bidding. Jim Barlow & Mark Buffa donated it. Then I sold it to Dean on eBay (also my client). Small world!
John Clayton,
Los Angeles

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Want to share a photo of my latest piece of Steuben. It’s a centerpiece bowl in Bristol Yellow & is approximately 90 to 100 years old. I always wanted one of these & was so fortunate to acquire this. It is all hand made…from the glass batch ingredients to the blowing & finishing of the piece. Suitable for a museum or a fine personal collection.
Dean Powlus,
Harrisburg, PA

Definition of Grotesque

This term refers to a fre-formed glassware made in the ’20s and ’30s by the Steuben Glass Works. Most examples are in the forms of bowls and vases (with molded feet). The undulating and handkerchief tops may be found in rose, green, blue-amber, purple and yellow blending into shiny clear crystal bottoms. Grotesque ware also occurs in just clear crystal, in colored crystal or in opaque glass. Objects are classical shaped and symmetrical with ground and polished bases. Some examples were signed.
P 23 of The Collectors Encyclopedia of American Art Glass by John A. Shuman III

Grotesque Color

I forgot to tell you the 7535 Grotesque that is Alabaster with a Jade Green lining just happens to be Henna Alabaster and very rare. The Henna Alabaster is much more white in color with a slight opal appearance. It will throw small hues of blue and gray. In the past I had confused these pieces with a Pomona Green lined Calcite before I knew what Henna Alabaster was.

Randy Bly,
Biringham, AL