DESCRIPTION: Steuben blue Aurene puff box.
Iridized Lead Vase.
Marked “Steuben Aurene 2948”

Reference:
Shape #2948, p. 244 Gardner book.
Original pastel drawings done by Oliver Eldridge in about 1949 with caption, “Steuben Blue Aurene Circa 1918 – O W Eldridge”

From the collection of “Calcite Charlie” Charles Potter. The most glamorous and successful of the salesmen was Charles Potter, who came to the Steuben Glass Works in about 1906 or 1907 and continued to be Carder’s ace representative until about 1932. A tall, lithe man, Potter had a handsome aquiline nose, enhanced in his later years by an elegant pince-nez. With his expensively tailored clothes, courtly manners, and charming personality, he became known as the ‘man who kept Steuben running.’ So large were is sales of Calcite glass lamps and shades when these were introduced about 1915 that customers and competitors alike affectionately dubbed him ‘Calcite Charlie.’ P. 33 Paul V. Gardner.

Provenance:
Estate of Mr. and Ms. Alan Shovers
Acquired 7/30/05 from Darwin Klinetob of Houston, TX

CIRCA: Early 1900s

DIMENSIONS: H:3.5" and 6" in diameter

CONDITION: Vintage condition. Normal signs of age. 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.