Sotheby’s Tyrian Sale

from Dick Stark

The lobed Tyrian vase was The first piece of that glass I ever owned and only the second I had ever seen. That will tell you how long ago it had been.

I had to pry it out of one of the pioneer glass collector’s collection. Interestingly I could never find a figure drawing for the shape. Interestingly I saw one other many years later and they are presently as yet another in the coming Sotheby sale.

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from David Donaldson

I agree with Paul Doros re the shape of the “Tyrian” vase; most unusual for Steuben. It is as if a Steuben gaffer went rogue and became a Tiffany gaffer for this vase. Very odd indeed!