DESCRIPTION: Steuben light rosa swirled glass fish formed vase or decanter.
Mold assisted ribbed lead glass with applied ornamentation.
Incised with acid stamp "Steuben" in block letters

Reference:
Shape #6421, p. 281 Paul V. Gardner.
Original pastel drawings done of piece done by Oliver Eldridge in about 1949 bears the caption “Steuben Fish Vase- Circa 1922”.

From the collection of “Calcite Charlie” Charles Potter. The most glamorous and successful of the salesmen was Charles Potter, who came to the Steuben Glass Works in about 1906 or 1907 and continued to be Carder’s ace representative until about 1932. A tall, lithe man, Potter had a handsome aquiline nose, enhanced in his later years by an elegant pince-nez. With his expensively tailored clothes, courtly manners, and charming personality, he became known as the ‘man who kept Steuben running.’ So large were is sales of Calcite glass lamps and shades when these were introduced about 1915 that customers and competitors alike affectionately dubbed him ‘Calcite Charlie.’ P. 33 Paul V. Gardner.

Shown as Ill. 135 p. 89 of The Glass of Frederick Carder by Paul V. Gardner. One in swirled pattern shown at 10"H and another without swirls 5"H. Caption indicates made in late 1920s in crystal and transparent colors.
Shown in crystal in swirled form at 17", with hook in top, at fig. 5.45 p. 128 of Frederick Carder and Steuben Glass by Thomas P. Dimitroff.
Pictured in May 1926 Country Life advertisement by Steuben Glass Works, shown in Bristol Yellow and as part of a console set.

Provenance:
Estate of Mr. and Ms. Alan Shovers
Acquired 7/30/05 from Darwin Klinetob of Houston, TX

CIRCA: Early 1920s

DIMENSIONS: H: 12.5" x D: 6.5"

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