As we indicated recently our annual Symposium will be held in mid September Sept. 13-15 in
Corning, NY at the Corning Museum of Glass (CMoG). This year we’ll have a theme, Shared
Desires: A Unity of Glass and Metal

Ruth deLorraine sends along a picture of a Blue Aurene insert into what she believes is a
copper metal or bronze Roycroft ashtray holder, as an example of things to come at the
Symposium. The glass has a paper triangular f-d-l. The glass is 5.25″ in diameter and overall 6.5″ diameter. Ruth volunteers that she bought this gem in 1988 for $300.

In a previous Gazelle Gazette it was brought to our attention by Jane Spillman that the
Metropolitan Museum has for sale a reproduction Frederick Carder bowl (shape 6415). It’s on sale and Scott Hansen reports it can be found at
http://www.metmuseum.org/store/st_family_viewer.asp/familyID/%7B254E623F-0023-11D6-
9415-00902786BF44%7D/catID/%7BD91D4424-AFA9-11D3-936C-00902786BF44%7D or the
website of the Peabody Essex Museum.
Shared Desires: A Unity of Glass & Metal is the theme of this year’s Carder Steuben Club
Symposium this coming Sept. 13-15. We pointed out that Fontaine’s Auction selling to pieces.
#110, an Oscar Bach Deco Ashtray with Steuben Aurene insert and #272 Oscar Bach Touchier
with Steuben Aurene Globe. The detailed picture on the Fontaine’s website for #272
(www.fontaineauction.com) received the following comment from Marshall Ketchum:
But Steuben shape 2837 is a vase and it entirely different. One has to wonder if this is some other glass with a forged Steuben signature. There is also a
little symbol as part of the signature that I have never seen before.

Beth Shaut responds:
I find that several of the Metal Companies use symbols similar to the one seen. Also in the shade section of Gardner he shows a line drawing similar , # 7393 but this has a lip on it. I have seen this shape used on a Newel Post of a staircase. I myself question if the piece at Fontaine is Steuben. So, there you are to draw your own conclusion.