{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-2381","title":"1920's Steuben Aurene Calcite bowls and underplates","description":"Bowls are 5\" wide x 2.5\" tall, Saucers are 6\" wide. Selling the 8 pcs shown with\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;no damage or significant wear.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Steuben Glass is an American art glass manufacturer, founded in the summer of\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;1903 by Frederick Carder and Thomas G. Hawkes in Corning, New York, which is\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;in Steuben County, from which the company name was derived. Hawkes was the owner\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;of the largest cut glass firm then operating in Corning. Carder was an\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Englishman (born September 18, 1863) who had many years' experience designing\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;glass for Stevens \u0026amp; Williams in England. Hawkes purchased the glass blanks for\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;his cutting shop from many sources and eventually wanted to start a factory to\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;make the blanks himself. Hawkes convinced Carder to come to Corning and manage\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;such a factory. Carder, who had been passed over for promotion at Stevens and\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Williams, consented to do so. In 1918, Steuben was acquired by Corning Glass\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Works and became the Steuben Division. In July 2008, Steuben was sold by Corning\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Incorporated for an undisclosed price to Schottenstein Stores,[2] which also\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;owns 51% of Retail Ventures, a holding company for DSW, Filene's Basement, and\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;formerly Value City Department Stores; Value City Furniture, which changed its\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;name to American Signature Furniture; 15% of American Eagle Outfitters, retail\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;liquidator SB Capital Group, some 50 shopping centers, and 5 factories producing\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;its shoes, furniture and crystal. On September 15, 2011, Schottenstein announced\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;it was shutting down Steuben's Corning factory and Manhattan store, ending the\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;company's 108-year history. Soon after, Corning Incorporated repurchased the\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Steuben brand. In early 2014, The Corning Museum of Glass announced that it\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;would work with independent contractors to reproduce Steuben using a new,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;lead-free formula and their classic leaded crystal. Carder period\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;(1903-1932)[edit] Steuben Glass Works started operation in October 1903. Carder\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;produced blanks for Hawkes and also began producing cut glass himself. Carder's\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;great love was colored glass and had been instrumental in the reintroduction of\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;colored glass while at Stevens and Williams. When Steuben's success at producing\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;blanks for Hawkes became assured, Carder began to experiment with colored glass\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;and continued experiments that were started in England. He soon perfected Gold\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Aurene which was similar to iridescent art glass that was being produced\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;by Tiffany and others. Gold Aurene was followed by a wide range of colored art\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;glass that eventually was produced in more than 7,000 shapes and 140 colors.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;These are a pair of handblown Steuben gold Aurene glass candlesticks designed by\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Frederick Carder for the Steuben Glass Works, ca. 1913. (From a private\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;collection in Manhattan, New York.)Steuben Glass Works continued to produce\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;glass of all sorts until World War I. At that time war time restrictions made it\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;impossible for Steuben to acquire the materials needed to continue manufacture.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;The company was subsequently sold to Corning Glass Works and became the Steuben\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Division. Carder continued as Division manager without any real change in the\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;company's operation except that he now had reporting responsibilities to Corning\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Glass Works' management. Corning's management tried, mostly unsuccessfully, to\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;limit the articles that Steuben made to only the most popular. Production\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;continued until about 1932. In 1932, there was a major change in Steuben\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;management. The nationwide depression had limited the sale of Steuben and there\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;was a lessening of public interest in colored glass. In February 1932, John\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;MacKay was appointed to Carder's position. Carder became Art Director for\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Corning Glass Works. Steuben then produced primarily colorless art glass.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Steuben still produced colored art glass, but mostly to fill special orders. A\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;few new colors were added after Carder transitioned into his new role with\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Corning Glass Works, but the last known sale for colored art glass by Steuben\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;was in 1943. Houghton period (1933–2012) An example of Steuben Glass design\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;during the Houghton era is the Balustrade Candlestick set, which mimics a\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;classical balustrade. Of special note is the hallmark of the perfectly formed\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;tear drop air bubble suspended in the design.Corning Glass Works\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;appointed Arthur A. Houghton Jr. as President in 1933, and under his leadership\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Steuben changed artistic direction toward more modern forms. Using a newly\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;formulated clear glass developed by Corning (referred to as 10M) which had a\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;very high refraction index, Steuben designers developed beautiful, fluid\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;designs. Pieces such as Gazelle Bowl, designed by Sidney Waugh incorporated Art\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Deco and modernist themes into glass. The themes during this period included\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\"balustrade\" designs for water goblets and candlesticks, footed bowls and\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;serving pieces. Decorative forms included wildlife pieces representing owls,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;penguins and other birds in smooth stylistic forms. Some pieces, such as the\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Ram's Head Candy Dish, playfully included clean lines crowned by an ornate\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;design (a ram's head, complete with a ruff) on the lid as an homage to its\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;classic earlier pieces. The company also entered into the field of larger show\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;and presentation pieces celebrating various scenes (such as its cut-away design\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;featuring an Eskimo ice fisherman above the ice, and the fish below, or the\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Cathedral Window design) and elements that incorporated etchings. In some cases\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;sterling silver or gold plating were used on metal finish elements such as the\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;golden \"fly\" atop the nose of a rainbow trout. Each piece is signed simply with\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\"Steuben\" on the underside of the object. Toward the 1990s, the company also\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;began production of small objects—\"hand coolers\"—in various animal shapes. Items\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;from this period were also noted for their careful and elegant packaging. Before\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;boxing, each Steuben piece was placed in a silver-gray flannel bag (stitched\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;with the Steuben name), and then placed in a presentation box.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;tw274","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47389115908312,"sku":"11740080496_7A69","price":905.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/1920s-steuben-aurene-calcite-bowls-and-underplatesestate-fresh-austin-872160.png?v=1757826913","url":"https:\/\/estatefreshaustin.com\/ko\/products\/estatefreshaustincom-2381","provider":"Estate Fresh Austin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}