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Object Name: 
Shoe
Department
American
Category
Crystal City
Maker(s)
Carder, Frederick ((American, born United Kingdom, 1863-1963)), Designer
Steuben Division, Corning Glass Works, Manufacturer
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Date: 
1925
Color
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colorless
Technique
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blow molding
Material
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lead glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 14 cm, W: 22 cm, D: 8.3 cm
Accession Number: 
66.4.74
Location: 
On Display
Description
Colorless lead glass; mold-blown. High-heeled shoe for a right foot; with applied heel; acid-etched Steuben banner and fleur-de-lis trademark on sole; top rim, part of sole and bottom of heel ground and polished. The slipper is Design no. 6486 in Paul Gardner's Steuben catalogue.
Provenance
Casson, Mrs. John, Source

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Exhibitions

Frederick Carder: Portrait of a Glassmaker
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1985-04 through 1985-10
Walters Art Gallery 1987-02-18 through 1987-04-12
Publications
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The History of Steuben Design, 1903-1989
Venue(s)
Steuben Glass, Inc. 1989 through 1989
 
Curiosities of Glassmaking
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2007-04-01 through 2007-10-21
West Bridge Show; traveling to The Gallery at Steuben in 2008 (cancelled 6-2008)
Frederick Carder, The Possibilties of Glass
Venue(s)
Phoenix Art Museum 1988-11-19 through 1989-01-15
 

Publications

Curiously Interesting: The Corning Museum of Glass Presents All things Odd and Glass (2007-06) illustrated, p. 19;
Frederick Carder: Portrait of a Glassmaker (1985) illustrated, pl. 55, p. 96; BIB# 31168
New Slippers for Cinderella? (1976-09) pp. 42-46, ill. p. 46;

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