DESCRIPTION: Steuben Moss Green Cluthra Vase with opaline handles. Case lead glass with applied handles. Large bubbles extruded into the glass surrounded by a lighter white to green coloring; organic appearance. Signed barely visible in center bottom.
Shape #8508

Reference:
Pictured p. 67 of Objects of Desire: The Art of Frederick Carder by Alan Shovers.

The Second most sought after Steuben item in colored crystal is the ware known by this name(Cluthra). As with items in the Acid Cut Back category, Cluthra was not produced in any great quantity, though most certainly a much greater number were crafted than the former. Another similarity between Cluthra and the Acid Cutbacks is the size, usually quite large and similarly thick and heavy. A Guide to Colored Steuben Glass 1903-1933 by Ericson, p. 43

Green (color) is quite unusual. Ref. Collectors Choice Review #18. Pictured Cluthra is one of several early Steuben glasses deriving their appearance from inclusions.
Pictured, full page(different color) Art Glass Nouveau by Grover, p.141
See picture in Frederick Carder and his Steuben Glass by Dimitroff, p. 73 and 228
See picture in The Glass of Frederick Carder by Gardner, plate XVIII
Shape shown on cover of Carders Steuben Glass Handbook and Price Guide by Hotchkiss, H-15
Shape shown in Am. Art Nouveau Glass by Revi, Fig. 306, p. 155
Pictured at p. 37 of the April/May 1999 Issue of the Glass Collectors Digest (Vol. XII Number 6). Article entitled Identifying carders Steuben by Maurice Crofford.
Pictured in White Cluthra in the living room of Tom Armstrong, former director of the Whitney Museum p. 99 of the October, 2010 issue of Architectural Digest.

Provenance:
Estate of Mr. and Ms. Alan Shovers
Purchased 12/23/99 from The Acorn Antiques Ltd. Chicago

CIRCA: 1929-1933

DIMENSIONS: H: 10.25" W: 7"

CONDITION: Great condition. See lot description for details on item condition. More detailed condition requests can be obtained via email (info@akibaantiques.com) or SMS 305-332-9274. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Akiba Antiques shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.