There are three kinds.

1. a deposit….very thin electroplate too the goo. This will wear off, rub off, and for sure polish off with polish/ this requires only pennies worth of sterling

2. overlay……very, very thick electroplate to the goo….so thick you can etch and carve it or stamp it sterling and polish it without it coming off. You could add ounces of Sterling with this method.

3. and sheet sterling cut, pierced, tooled, and wrapped items…..Alvin did not make this kind on Steuben blanks

For overlay at turn of the century you could take a 90 cent piece of glass and add $4.00 worth of sterling( up to 4 ounces) and will have the weight slightly greater than 4 old silver dollars. This process added $5.00 more in labor turning the 90 cent piece of glass into a $9.90 piece of art. These pieces are very valuable today. Four ounces of silver runs about $120.00 today

The goo contained sterling to start with so the electroplate process deposited the sterling electrically to the sterling in the goo

Rande Bly, Birmingham, Alabama

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Rande – I think Silver Deposit and Silver Overlay are one in the same…….. Silver Deposit was used in the early years and Silver Overlay later.

Willson Craigie, Richmond, Virginia

HGM #37 FOR IDENTIFICATION

This is HGM Steuben No 37. The label for this piece states that it is a Steuben 12″ candlestick pale jade green and alabaster.

Joann Tortarolo

Green Jade Candlestick with Alabaster Stem

Shape #2956

12 inches high

It is a Steuben 2956 candlestick in Green Jade with an Alabaster stem.

Marshall Ketchum

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Carder Steuben Green Jade Candlestick with Alabaster Stem shape 2956 Rande Bly

HGM #38 Lily Vase

This is HGM Steuben No 38. The label says that it is a Steuben Lily Vase in ivrene which is signed Steuben. I believe it is Steuben shape # 7595.

Joann Tortarolo

Lilly Ivrene Iridescent Vase

Shape #7595

12 inches high

I would agree. This is shape 7595 in Ivrene.

Marshall Ketchum

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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