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This is Grotesque shape 7274 which is almost never seen. It is about 7″ high.

In Collector’s Choice Review Number 10, April, 1989, the late Thomas S. Buechner, III writes:

“This Grotesque piece is a departure from Mr. Carder’s classical training. It appears to me to be the result of his time spent in the factory blowing room watching and understanding the manipulation of molten glass, rather than that spent at his drawing board. He may have been inspired by watching a gaffer make a ‘mistake’ on a platter, resulting in a rippled edge.”

“Carder felt a need to make his pieces functional. Even with a free-form technique such as that used for the grotesques, vases had to be stable and hold flowers gracefully’bowls had to sit comfortably and safely on a coffee table, filled with peanuts or fruit.”

F. Carder’s 150th birthday
Ed Bush of Painted Post, NY clarifies:

Vivienne Richards suggested in yesterday’s Gazette that the incorrect 1864 date for Frederick Carder’s birth may have its origin in incorrect church birth and baptism records. I have before me a copy of Mr. Carder’s baptism record. It states that the baptism took place at the Wesleyan-Methodist Chapel at Brockmoor, Staffordshire, (where the family lived) on Oct. 21, 1863. It gives his birth date as Sept. 18, 1863. There is no middle name in this record.