Steuben Glass Furniture
American
Steuben Glass Works is the most illustrious name in American art glass. Its vividly colored Art Nouveau and Asian-style wares produced in the early 20th century as well as later modernist works rendered in flawlessly clear crystal are objects of striking beauty and delicacy.
The Steuben Glass Works was cofounded in 1903 in the town of Corning, New York, by Frederick Carder, an alum of celebrated British glassmaker Stevens & Williams and a self-taught English chemist and glassmaker. Carder was a restless experimenter, constantly creating new color formulas that resulted in a wide array of hues, from milky jades to his iridescent Aurene shades. A favorite Carder technique was to acid-etch decorative patterns into pieces made of glass layered in different colors. The forms of his vessels were relatively conservative. Most are based on classic Chinese pottery; many display the flowing, naturalistic lines of the Art Nouveau period.
The larger local firm Corning Glass acquired Steuben in 1918. The company’s approach to art glass changed radically in the early 1930s, when Corning chemists devised a new type of crystal known as 10M, with perfect clarity and brilliant refractive powers. Corning decided that, henceforth, all Steuben decorative objects, vases, sculptures and other wares would be made from the crystal.
Art glass was made in two formats: molded and polished abstract sculptures and figurines, or pieces for which artists used Steuben crystal as a sort of canvas. The first such artwork was sculptor Stanley Waugh’s 1935 Gazelle Bowl, a vessel etched with brawny Art Deco animal forms. In later years, Steuben would invite artists that included Henri Matisse, Georgia O’Keeffe and Isamu Noguchi to “paint” in the firm’s crystal.
Steuben glass comes in myriad forms and is available in a broad range of price points. Jewel-toned glasses and tableware from the Carder era include candlesticks marked at $300 and full dinner services for more than $10,000. Small crystal figurines bring around $1,000, while larger sculptures are priced in the neighborhood of $7,000.
Steuben glass, with its impeccable artistry and timeless grace, deserves a place in any collection.
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Creator: Steuben Glass
Steuben Glass Diamond Paperweight, Robert Browning Poem, Signed, 20th C
By Steuben Glass
Located in Big Flats, NY
A desk sculpture paperweight by Steuben offers colorless art glass construction in diamond prism form with etched "Chance cannot change my love nor time impair" by Robert Browning, s...
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20th Century Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Glass
Crystal Galloping Horse / Mustang Sculpture by Steuben Glassworks
By Steuben Glass
Located in San Diego, CA
A rare crystal galloping horse / mustang sculpture by Steuben Glassworks, circa 1990s. The sculpture is in very good condition with no chips or cracks ...
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Mid-20th Century American Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Set of 12 Steuben Glass Finger Bowls and Underplates
By Steuben Glass
Located in New York, NY
A set of 12 glass finger bowls and underplates in their original pouches by Steuben.
Measurements:
Bowls: 4 1/4" D x 2 3/4" H.
Plates: 7" D.
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20th Century American Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Glass
Antique Steuben Cobalt Art Glass Water Pitcher, Circa 1920
By Steuben Glass
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique water pitcher by Steuben offers blue jade art glass construction, unsigned, c1920
Measures- 9.5''H x 7''W x 5.5''D.
Catalogue Note: ...
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Early 20th Century American Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
1992 David Dowler Steuben Art Glass 1/1 Ice Berg Beaker Sculpture
By Steuben Glass
Located in Atlanta, GA
David Dowler Steuben Art Glass 1/1 1992 ice berg beaker sculpture!.
Great 1/1 piece!! You’ll never have the opportunity again!
Measures: 6.875” h x ...
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20th Century Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Mid Century Steuben Crystal Peony Footed Bowl by Donald Pollard, 1960s
By Steuben Glass
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is this vintage Steuben Crystal Peony footed bowl/dish designed by Donald Pollard in the 1960's, signed on the base.
Dimensions:...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Steuben Glass and Sterling Silver Salt & Pepper Shakers
By Steuben Glass
Located in New York, NY
Steuben glass and sterling silver salt & pepper shakers. Pair American heavy crystal hourglass form shakers both signed on verso "Steuben" and silver caps stamped "Steuben Sterling."...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Set of 12 Steuben Wheel Engraved Crystal or Glass Audubon Plates by Sydney Waugh
By Steuben Glass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine set of 12 Steuben crystal or glass plates.
Designed by Sidney Waugh.
With wheel engraved depictions of Audubon's birds.
From a series of 21 birds after Audubon...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Mid-Century Steuben Glass Eagle
By Steuben Glass
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century Steuben clear glass small figure of an American eagle
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Glass
Steuben Glass Eagle Glass Sculpture
By Steuben Glass
Located in New York, NY
1960s Mid-Century Modern signed Steuben glass eagle sculpture.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Glass
Pair of Vintage Steuben Blown Glass Dolphins
By Steuben Glass
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Pair of blown glass dolphins.
Etched in the glass on the underside: Steuben.
American, circa 1940.
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1940s American Vintage Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Steuben Amethyst Hand Blown Optic Rib Plates & Stemware Service for 12
By Steuben Glass
Located in Great Barrington, MA
What an amazing collection of Steuben's hand blown amethyst crystal dinner service for 12! All hand blown in the more desirable form of optic ribbing that gives each piece a special ...
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1920s American Vintage Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Large Steuben Art Glass Figurine of a Trout & 18k Gold Fly by James Houston
By James Houston, Steuben Glass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Steuben art glass model of a trout just caught by an 18 karat gold fly.
Designed by James Houston in 1966.
Model No. 2011.
Simply a wonderful figural sculpture of th...
Category
20th Century American Modern Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Gold
2 Steuben Small Bowls
By Steuben Glass
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of Steuben crystal bowls
Measures: Smaller bowl 3" H x 6"
Larger bowl 3" H x 8".
Category
1970s American Vintage Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Glass
Glass Amphora by Steuben Glass
By Steuben Glass
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A chic glass amphora with decorative handle details by Steuben Glass. The vase measures 5.5" across at the handles. Etched signature on the bottom.
Category
1960s American Vintage Steuben Glass Furniture
Mid-Century Steuben Glass Penguin
By Steuben Glass
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century Steuben clear glass small figure of a penguin
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Glass
Monumental Steuben Amethyst Candlesticks
By Steuben Glass
Located in Litchfield, CT
Exceptional, uncommon, gorgeous, elegant … there are not enough superlatives to adequately describe these monumental thistle pattern candlesticks in the rare amethyst color. Perfect for display on a side table or brilliant setting a table, they will elevate any decor, circa 1920s, by Steuben, American. Excellent condition.
Remark: “Steuben Glass is iconic American design at its Deco, Modern, midcentury best. From brilliantly designed serveware to sublime art...
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1920s American Vintage Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Glass
Steuben Pedestal Bowl, 20th Century
By Steuben Glass
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a stunning and unique Steuben pedestal bowl that dates to the second half of the 20th century. The bowl has the signature Steuben brillia...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Glass
Mid-20th Century Steuben Taza or Pedestal Bowl
By Steuben Glass
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a large mid-20th century signed Steuben pedestal bowl. This piece differs from the usual Steuben bowl form in that it features a large fl...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Steuben Glass Furniture
"Europa & the Bull, " Art Deco Masterpiece in Engraved Glass by Waugh for Steuben
By Steuben Glass, Sidney Waugh
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of world's greatest achievements in Art Deco artisanry, the famed "Europa and the Bull" spherical bowl was designed by Sidney Waugh and executed by the Steuben Glass division of corning glass in the 1930s. Waugh had been hired by Steuben as its chief designer in 1933, and over the next 20 years he designed a wide array of bowls, vases and other glass objects that were decorated with high-style Art Deco figures executed via copper-wheel engraving. Arthur Amory Houghton, grandson of the founder of Corning, took the Steuben division in a new and modern direction when he hired John Monteith Gates to be its managing director and Waugh to be its first designer. Steuben became known as one of the globe's great modern glass companies, and from the 1930s-1950s, Steuben rivaled Orrefors in Sweden and Lobmeyr in Austria for the finest engraved Art Deco glass work...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Glass
Peter Aldridge for Steuben "Arcus" Sculpture
By Steuben Glass, Peter Aldridge
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This Steuben sculpture, titled Arcus, was designed in 1977 by British sculptor and designer Peter Aldridge (b.1947). Aldridge was graduated with distinction from London's Royal College of Art and worked as artist-in-residence at Steuben in 1977. A recipient of Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts, Aldridge went on to be appointed Steuben's Vice President and Creative Director. Aldridge began working as CEO of Scotland's prestigious North Lands Creative Glass center in 2007 before returning to New York in 2010, and currently serves on Steuben's Board of Trustees. His works are held in the permanent collections of London's Victoria & Albert Museum and the Corning Museum of Glass among other notable museums, and are also in private collections throughout the world.
This striking geometric Aldridge sculpture has been given design number 0217 and is made from cast, cut and polished lead glass. The angular piece has a multifaceted construction consisting of a series of triangles, squares and rectangles which have been expertly cut and polished.
The piece was included as one of a select number of nonjuried designs in the 1984 exhibition "50 Years on 5th - A Retrospective Exhibition of Steuben Glass." It is also worthy of note that an engraved version of this crystal sculpture titled "Peace Crystal" was given to late President Anwar El Sadat and late Prime Minister Menachem Begin...
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1970s American Modern Vintage Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Mid-Century Steuben Glass Elephant
By Steuben Glass
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century Steuben clear glass small figure of an elephant (AS IS-CHIP TO EAR)
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Glass
Art Deco Tropy Vase
By Steuben Glass
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish, artisan glass trophy-form vase dates to the 1930s-1940s.
Note: There are surface abrasions on the verso of the base and also in the bowl of the vase (see images).
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
American Mid-Century Steuben Clear Glass Small Figure of a Trumpeting Elephant
By Steuben Glass
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century Steuben clear glass small figure of a trumpeting elephant.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Steuben Glass Furniture
Pair of Mid-Century Steuben Glass Geese
By Steuben Glass
Located in New York, NY
Pair of American Mid-Century Steuben clear glass small figures of a goose looking forward (Similar: LNL015A)
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Glass
1930s Steuben Signed Glass Covered Candy Dish or Urn
By Steuben Glass
Located in New York, NY
A Steuben signed teardrop double handled lidded urn or covered candy dish.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Glass
Sculpture of Aphrodite
By Gary Weisman, Steuben Glass
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic sculpture of Aphrodite was acquired from a Palm Beach estate and it was created by Gary Weisman for Steuben glass and dates to th...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Pair of Carder Steuben Monumental Candlesticks Cranberry Overlay Cut to Clear
By Steuben Glass
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is one of Frederick Carder period Steuben's rare offerings; a pair of hand blown solid crystal Art Deco monumental candlesticks with cranb...
Category
Early 1900s American Art Deco Antique Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Steuben Glass Quatrefoil Console Bowl
By Steuben Glass
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Steuben Glass console bowl with four leaf or petal like lobes arranged in a quatrefoil shape and elevated on a round base. "Steuben" et...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Glass
Steuben Glass Vase Now as Table Lamp
By Steuben Glass
Located in Stamford, CT
A jade green Steuben glass vase now electrified and mounted as a table lamp. Unsigned.
Category
1930s Vintage Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Glass
Signed Steuben Handblown Crystal Wall Vases
By Steuben Glass
Located in Great Barrington, MA
These two Steuben handblown crystal huge wall vases in two of their most popular colors, "Pomona Green" and "Celeste Blue" are both signed with the
...
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Early 20th Century American Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Crystal
12 Sets, 24 Pieces Steuben Dessert Bowls & Plates, circa 1939
By Steuben Glass
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Clear beautiful crystal by one of America's re known firms, Steuben of Corning New York. These elegant pieces are Circa 1939 and are fully hall marked with Steuben's diamond-point et...
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1930s American Vintage Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Steuben Glass Rare Nimbus Dish
By Steuben Glass
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
This sleek Steuben crystal nimbus dish is the perfect addition to any home. Featuring an elegant, modern design, this stunning piece will bring a touch of sophistication to your decor. This curved bowl gives the effect of a double stacked bowl...
Category
Late 20th Century Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Glass
Steuben Etched Glass Pendant Light with Silver Plated Brass Base - Iridescent
By Steuben Glass
Located in New York, NY
Antique Steuben iridescent cone shaped light with silver plated brass fitter. The glass globe has etched ribbon and foliate details. Price includ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Steuben Glass Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Steuben Glass furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Steuben glass furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of glass and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Steuben Glass furniture, although gray editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Steuben Glass were created in the mid-century modern style in north america during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Architectural Pottery, Arthur Court, and Libbey Glass Co.. Prices for Steuben Glass furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $101 and can go as high as $24,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $716.
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Questions About Steuben Glass Furniture
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Yes, most Steuben glass is roughly 30 percent lead. Transparent colorless glassware produced by the brand is usually free of stones, seeds and cords, giving it a true crystal-clear quality. You can find a collection of Steuben glass on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Most Steuben glass was marked in some way before leaving the factory. The most common mark is a fleur-de-lis with “STEUBEN” written in block letters. Other pieces may simply have the letter “S”. Find an authenticated collection of Steuben fine glass and crystal items on 1stDibs.
- Is Steuben glass crystal?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022It depends. Since 1903, Steuben has been famous for both its glassware and crystal. Crystal is a kind of glass with additives that make it strong and able to be used in elegantly thin designs. Crystal also refracts light, creating a striking look. Steuben is known for its exceptionally beautiful crystal formula. Shop a range of Steuben glass and crystal pieces on 1stDibs.
- Is Steuben glass always marked?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes, most Steuben glass was marked before it left the factory. Unfortunately, there was not a lot of standardization of the marks so one needs to know several different diamond script maker’s marks to verify if the glass is a real Steuben. Shop a collection of authentic Steuben glass from some of the world’s top boutiques on 1stDibs.
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