DESCRIPTION: Calcite glass covered luminor with gold, ruby, and blue pulled feather decoration.
Iridized lead glass with applied ornament and pointed ball finial.

Reference:
Shape #2805, p. 305 Paul V. Gardner.
Pictured p. 35 in Objects of Desire: The Art of Frederick Carder by Alan Shovers.
Double hooked feather of blue over red is unusual in Steuben. Recognizable by feather not solid, but serrated as they interact. Most pictures in the book don't show one feather pulled over another. High degree of difficulty in the double feathering.
Shown in variant shapes #2813 at fig. 8.33 of Dimitroff, and shape #2807 at fig. 2.25, p. 19 of Dimitroff. A decorated alabaster pieces are especially desirable as both blue and pink feather decorations are rare p. 19, Fig. 2.25 of Dimitroff's, Frederick Carder and Steuben Glass.
Shown in variant shape #2812 in Plate XXV of Gardners, The Glass of Frederick Carder.
Shown in full page color picture in variant shape as item 16 p. 56 in Frederick Carder: Portrait of a Glassmaker by Paul V. Gardner.
Shown in The Fieldstone Porch Presents Creations by Carder of Steuben His American Art Glass by Philpot, under Calcite Fig. 12 as calcite rose-petal jar with gold ruby and Gold Aurene decoration.

Provenance:
Estate of Mr. and Ms. Alan Shovers
Acquired 12/18/99 from Howard Garber of Baltimore, MD.

CIRCA: 1925

DIMENSIONS: H: 14" x D: 7"

CONDITION: Great 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.