DESCRIPTION: Early period Steuben pinched iridescent glass vase with four prunts.
Iridized Lead Glass
“Aurene 150" engraved at bottom.

Reference:
Shape 150, p. 246 Paul V. Gardner.
Shown at page 7 of Objects of Desire: The Art of Frederick Carder by Alan Shovers.
Similar style (style 136) shown at Fig. 8.55, p. 197 of Frederick Carder and Steuben Glass by Dimitroff.
In Gardner’s, The Glass of Frederick Carder, at p. 346 there is an index to Steuben Catalogues from 1904-1912, with a picture in fig. FF at page 353 of the item.
“An iridescent glass fully as fine as Tiffany’s was introduced in 1904 by Frederick Carder, an Englishman who became associated with Thomas G. Hawks of Corning, New York. Mr. Carder and Mr. Hawks formed the Steuben Glass Works, now a part of the Corning Glass Company.”
“Aurene was first blown and then coated in the desired coloring. In form, it was more classical than Tiffany’s or possibly it should be described as less ‘arty.’ In fact, certain of this ware was modern looking, more in keeping with present-day taste. While Mr. Carder did make some flowered pieces similar to Tiffany’s, he was not so given to elaborate or peculiarly-shaped objects.”
“Frederick Carder, like Tiffany, designed all his own glass.” “Mr. Carder’s Aurene although not advertised was handled by salesmen. As a result, it did not become so well know as Favrile. Tiffany’s glass was produced in quantity and therefore turns up more frequently today than the scarcer Aurene.” Pgs. 93-95, Nineteenth-Century Art Glass by Ruth Webb Lee.

Provenance:
Estate of Mr. and Ms. Alan Shovers
Acquired 3/24/00 from Michelle Davis LeVar of Spokane, WA

CIRCA: 1905

DIMENSIONS: H: 4.5" x D: 3"

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