DESCRIPTION: Gold Aurene vase with trailed leaf-and-vine and millefiori florets.
Iridized lead glass with applied ornament.
Marked Aurene 573" engraved factory signature on bottom.

Reference:
Shape 573, style J (p. 253 Gardner) decoration
Original Price $4.50

As described in the Early Fall Art Auction catalogue for Sept. 7, 2002:
688 Steuben millefiori vase, gold Aurene with green leaves on random vines and clusters of white millefiori. Signed Aurene 573. 5" ht. Exhibited at the Detroit Historical Museum in 1996.
Purportedly from the Estate of Paul Windorf.
Pictured p. 30 in Objects of Desire: The Art of Frederick Carder by Alan Shovers.
Pictured in Dimitroff as fig. 10.93 p. 239.
Similar shape 571 featured in No. 21 of Collectors Choice Review where a comparison of gold and platinum aurene are shown.
Shown in gold aurene in American Art Glass by Schumann p.161
In Ericson, A Guide to Colored Steuben Glass 1903-1933, Book Two p. 103 the author discusses platinum as a silvery appearing tone. Very few objects were crafted displaying this type of iridescence. Those we have noted are principally from the period 1909-1913. It is distinguished by its strength of tonality in that it does not assume highlights of other colors as can be noted in Gold and Blue Aurene. The general cast is silvery with only a suggestion of blue.
Millefiori florets added to heighten the illusion of flowering vines. Revi, American Art Nouveau Glass, p.138
See full page plate #301 at p. 166 of a Millefiori, iridescent gold aurene vase of 5 2 Art Glass Nouveau by Ray and Lee Grover.

Provenance:
Estate of Mr. and Ms. Alan Shovers
Acquired 9/7/02 at Early's Fall Art Auction on 9/7/02 in Cincinnati, OH

CIRCA: 1911

DIMENSIONS: H:5" and 4" 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.