Saturday, October 29, 2011

Terry Smith sends along this question on using the Club website www.cardersteuben.org in identifying Steuben. Perhaps someone can help and describe the differential between Carder Steuben of incorporated by the Club website and post Carder period crystal produced by Steuben.

Hi, Alan

This crystal glass lid/cover with a figural finial . . . “says” Steuben, to my very un-trained (novice) “eye.”

The eBay listing has been renewed, several times, and now as a “Buy-It-Now.” I searched every “keyword” I could think-of on the Carder Steuben Shape Gallery, to no avail. Maybe someone else can confirm-or-deny my guess.

It quite obviously is not a Heisey item, since they did not make anything even remotely similar. The seller is calling the figural a Ram, but I think it looks more like a gazelle.

Here are two of his/her (rather poor quality) PICs:

Terry Smith

Signal Hill, CA

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