New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Bowl

Manufacturer Steuben Glass Works (American, 1903 - 2011)

CultureAmerican

Date1925-1931

MediumMold blown glass

DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Overall, Rim: 11 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (29.8 x 17.1 cm)

Inscribed"Steuben" and fleur d'lis mark in relief lower side.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.8118

Not on view

DescriptionChinoiserie shaped bowl of mold blown glass. Oblong, slightly flaring, 4 scallops on rim forming 4 ridges down to base. Crystal acid cut back with Mansard flower design on each of 4 ridges, glossy inside, very heavy.

Exhibition HistoryLoan to Yale University Art Gallery, 11/10/83-2/5/84, "American Modernism on Display: Decorative Arts in NYC from 1925 to the Depression." "Steuben: Functional Fashion," From the collection of the Chrysler Museum of Art, sponsored by the Museum Loan Network, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Ala., March 6 - March 5, 2006. Published ReferencesPaul V. Gardner, with an introduction by Paul N. Perrot. _The Glass of Frederick Carder_. New York: Crown Publishers. 1971: p. 146. _Antiques_, 12/83, pg. 1216. Karen Davies, _At Home in Manhattan_, (Yale University Art Gallery, 1983), ill., pg. 36, #19.