Rande Bly responds to the critics who say light jade blue is a cased glassed:
The discussion on Light Blue Jade has been very interesting. These discussions on Carder Steuben are so great because they give us a chance to pioneer new factual information and provide us with additional information not covered in the books we use. We are providing first hand information from actual pieces we have which has been invaluable to me.

What I have learned new on this subject through about a week of research is I am seeing two methods of Light Blue Jade. It first came out that Light Blue Jade was jade in a light blue color which was cased over Flint White. I agree I have found many examples that clearly show this method. I assumed others were representing this was the method always used. I presented an example which was made in another manner.

If we refer to the book from the Rockwell Gallery titled Frederick Carder and His Steuben Glass 1903-1933 on pages 20 and 21 there are 8 examples of the method where Light Blue Jade is made in a cased manner. ALL of them have the Flint White visible at the rims showing through the blue casing.

Is this method the only one used in Light Blue Jade pieces? No, obviously not. I presented an example that had been broken showing that it was not cased. If you will turn in Gardner’s Book to color plate XXIV you will see two pieces of Light Blue Jade shown next to a Dark Blue Jade piece that show no signs of being cased. Both should be made in the same method as the picture of broken bowl I sent. It is one solid color and glass type called Light Blue Jade.

My argument is Light Blue Jade a method or a color? Technically I see it as a separately as a distinct color and a glass type. The Cased pieces are actually two types of glass and two colors constituting a method rather than a color. As I see it they are Flint White cased with Light Blue Jade. Much like an Alabaster piece cased in Green Jade. Again two types of glass and two colors.

The other main point and discovery I was trying to bring to light was the fact what I was seeing in Light Blue Jade was it was not blue alabaster but blue flint white. Every time we run across a blue alabaster piece it turns out to be Stevens and Williams. The other jades, green, pink, yellow, and dark blue are really just colored Alabaster. In previous Gazette discussions a picture of Medium Blue Jade was sent and published for our viewing. It is the only example I have seen in this color at this time. Perhaps someday we will see an example of Selenium Red Jade show up?

Conclusion: I see Light Blue Jade to be it’s own glass type and color and feel the information Marshall found about Flint White Blue to be rather fitting. I feel we are seeing both examples of it being cased over Flint White and in solid homogeneous pieces. So, to answer the question could we run into an acid cut back piece that was a base glass type like Mirror Black Cased in Light Blue Jade (Flint White Blue) , or Alabaster Cased in Light Blue Jade? Why not…? Carder never ceases to amaze me.

My broken Light Blue Jade piece is shape number #2851 and another identical example is shown on the club site.

http://brokenshards.homestead.com/2851to2856.html

Alan I will also attach my photo of my bowl signed with paper label before it was broken to show the shard I presented was authentic Carder Steuben. It is not cased but is solid Light Blue Jade.