DESCRIPTION: Steuben Verre de Soie vase with turquoise blue decoration.
Iridized lead glass with applied ornament.
Turquoise decoration on rim, prints and machine reading.

Reference:
Shape #2600, p. 267
See combinations in a different shape at Fig. 10.85, p. 235 of Frederick Carder and Steuben Glass by Thomas P. Dimitroff.
Also, similar affectation in a different shape shown at Plate XI of The Glass of Frederick Carder by Paul V. Gardner. From the Smithsonian Institution collection in Washington, D.C. Same pictured at fig. 4 at P. 30 Steuben, Seventy Years of American Glassmaking by Perrot, Gardner and Plaut
Combination also pictured at Fig. 273, of American Art Nouveau Glass by Albert Christian Revi.

Provenance:
Estate of Mr. and Ms. Alan Shovers
Acquired 6/21/12 at James D. Julia Lamp and Glass Auction, Fairfield, Maine

CIRCA:1916

DIMENSIONS: H:10" and 5" 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.