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Object Name: 
Disk or Plaque
Department
American
Place Made: 
United States, Corning, NY
Date: 
about 1916
Color
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gray
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purple
Technique
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glassblowing
Material
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glass
Dimensions: 
Overall Diam (max): 40.4 cm
Accession Number: 
73.4.85
Credit Line: 
Gift of Otto W. Hilbert
Location: 
On Display
Description
Greyish, purplish glass; blown. "Crown" of glass with a rough bullion on back and corresponding bump in the center of front; circular, with slightly upturned edges; back of greyish- purplish glass; front with feather design superimposed on a purplish circle surrounded by green zigzags on a white band with a blue band and green to the edge; sprayed with stannous chloride to give it iridescence.
Provenance
Hilbert, Otto, Source to
The History of Steuben Design, 1903-1989
Venue(s)
Steuben Glass, Inc. 1989 through 1989
Frederick Carder: Portrait of a Glassmaker
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1985-04 through 1985-10
Davenport Art Gallery 1985-12-01 through 1986-01-12
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg 1986-09-21 through 1986-11-09
Walters Art Gallery 1987-02-18 through 1987-04-12
 
A Legacy of Beauty (1995-09-30) p. 82;
Frederick Carder: Portrait of a Glassmaker (1985) pp. 66, 118, ill. back cover; BIB# 31168
Recent Important Acquisitions, 16 (1974) illustrated, p. 133, #47;
The Glass of Frederick Carder (1971) p. 67, pl. XIIB; BIB# 27279

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