Bonnie Asks for Help

Bonnie Salzman of Richmond, VA asks:

I need some help identifying this vase. It is a wonderful deep amethyst color, with exquisitely engraved grape and vine decoration. 13.5″ tall. Unmarked, but etched in the polished pontil “13 1/2” I am thinking Sinclaire or Pairpoint, but I’d like to know for sure.

Thanks for the assistance.

Time is Running Out

from Bonnie Salzman, Chair of the Symposium

Wednesday, August 28 is the last day that you can make your reservation at the Radisson Hotel at the discounted group rate. If you want to attend the Carder Steuben Club Symposium, hurry and make your reservations! The Radisson Hotel number is (607) 962-5000.

Symposium weekend is busy, with Jazz & Harvest Fest also going on in Corning.

The cut-off date for reservations at the Comfort Inn is September 9, as is the Symposium registration deadline.

Paper Label

from David Chadwick-Brown of San Diego

Anent goblet #3168:

The photograph on the website is of a piece in my collection, though the color shows lighter than the glass really is. There is a triangular gold paper label by Steuben.

Actually the idea of that shape as an ivy planter makes more sense than calling it a goblet, but I remain thankful that Gardner (along with some of Marshall’s later finds) put them into a usable format, preserving the shapes regardless of how he chose to classify some of them.

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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