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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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 ...
Crystal
Set of Four Mid-Century Modernist Salt Cellars Signed Steuben
By Steuben Glass
Located in New York, NY
This set of four Mid-Century Modernist salt cellars, designed circa 1960 and signed by Steuben, exemplifies the refined simplicity and impeccable quality that defined the Mid-Century...
Glass
$1,169 / item
H 9.06 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
Modern Minimalist Orb Blown-Glass Transparent Vase - Home Decor
Located in Vilnius, LT
Product name: NAVAZI Category: Lighting, Decoration Type: Decoration, Floor lamp, Wall lamp, Pendant, Table lamp Material: Ceramic/glass base, frosted glass, textile cable Light sour...
Glass
$1,800Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 3.75 in W 4.25 in D 2.75 in
19th Century Baccarat Gilt Bronze & Crystal Double Salt Cellars, a Pair
By Baccarat
Located in Atlanta, GA
Excellent pair of gilt bronze double cherub salt cellars! Fully marked to bottom. Each with removable crystal bowls, which i will be including a 5th (incase one breaks!).
Crystal, Bronze
$108 / item
H 6.89 in Dm 1.58 in
Moser Champagne Glasses Art Nouveau Hand Blown, Lady Hamilton by Moser
By Moser Glassworks
Located in DE
These are 7 champagne glasses made from hand blown crystal by Moser in the ever popular Lady Hamilton glass cut. This pattern is an example of the "papal" cut so called because it i...
Crystal
12 Steuben Art Deco Jade and Alabaster Water Goblets
By Steuben Glass
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1920s, Steuben, Corning New York. This set of 12 plus a spare (total 13) of Art Deco goblets are sublime examples of early colored Steuben gl...
Glass
Pair of English Salt Cellar with Glass Inserts in Blue
Located in København, Copenhagen
A pair of English salt cellar with glass inserts in blue of English silver plate. Stamped, circa 1900. Measures: 5 cm. x 4.5 cm. In very good condition.
$750Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 6.89 in Dm 3.94 in
Italy Venezia Mid-Century Set 6 Murano Blown Glass Purple Glasses
Located in Brescia, IT
This set of Murano purple blown glass glasses, was hand made in Murano, Venice in Mid-Century, 1960 circa. This is a very elegant and fine glasses set to use to arrange an holiday table dining or to show among an antique pieces collection. The purple glass has an intense and vivid color. Perfect to refresh a traditional dining set...
Blown Glass
$313
H 6.23 in W 6.3 in D 2.25 in
Antique WMF Silver-Plated Art Nouveau Salt Cellar Spice and Mustard Menagere Set
By WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exquisite antique salt and spice cellar with centered mustard pot menagere is a stunning example of Art Nouveau design by the renowned German manufacturer WMF (Württembergische ...
Crystal, Silver Plate, Pewter
Antique Venetian Murano Glass Stemware
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Beautiul set of Venetian stemware comprising 2 sets of 4 goblets, sherry glasses and coupes. Sold as a set of four. Gold inclusions in clear glass with applied pink glass rosettes. ...
Murano Glass
Hand Blown Glass Sunrise Sunset Cup 2
By Fort Makers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Surrealist-inspired sunrise sunset cups are hand blown in a kaleidoscope of ombre colors and adorned with contrasting orb handles to evoke a looking glass, a glimpse into a miniature...
Blown Glass
Set of 12 Steuben Glass Cordials No. 7877 with Original Box
By Steuben Glass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine set of cordials glasses or stems. By George Thompson for Steuben. In clear glass. Pattern No. 7877. Each cordial with a round foot and a baluster stem with a teardrop air...
Glass
$4,999 / set
H 13 in Dm 4.5 in
vintage 1950s Murano Hand-Blown Italian Art Glass Stemware Service, Set of 27
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Murano Hand-Blown Italian Art Glass Stemware Service, Attributed to Barovier & Toso, Set of 27 An exceptional Murano hand-blown Italian art glass stemware and serving set, attri...
Murano Glass
$103,403 / set
H 18.9 in W 34.26 in D 23.23 in
Extensive Silver-Plate Table Service by English Firm Elkington
By Elkington & Co.
Located in London, GB
Extensive silver plate table service by English firm Elkington English, circa 1850 Size: Chest height 48cm, width 87cm, depth 59cm Mirrored base: Height 5.5cm, width 90cm, depth 37cm Small desert...
Silver Plate
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...
Crystal
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H 4.5 in Dm 2.57 in
Set of 12 Steuben Air Twist Cordials Designed by George Thompson, Original Box
By Steuben Glass
Located in valatie, NY
Set of 12 Steuben air twist hand blown cordials designed by George Thompson with original fitted box and grey pull string dust bags, mid 20th c. Steu...
Crystal
12 Exceptional Modernist Steuben Baluster Water Goblets
By Steuben Glass
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1940, by the Steuben Glass Works, Corning, NY. Known as the #7877 baluster stem, this is the most coveted of all modernist glasses. Intended as a water glass, today these gobl...
Glass
Elegant Crystal Teardrop Candleholders by Steuben
By Steuben Glass
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This elegant pair of candleholders #7792 the teardrop design created in 1937 while Steuben glass was under the direction of Arthur J. Houghton Jr. It is not noted in "Steuben Glass A...
Crystal
Steuben Glass Baluster Candlesticks
By Steuben Glass
Located in New York, NY
An elegant pair of signed Steuben candlesticks with teardrops
Glass
8 Steuben "Jade Green" Hand Blown Crystal Tumblers
By Steuben Glass
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is a lovely and practical set of 8 hand blown crystal tumblers made by Steuben ca. 1910 in the ever popular "Jade green". A cheerful and practica...
Crystal
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H 19.5 in Dm 7 in
Signed Steuben Monumental Three-Piece Amber Cut Crystal Centerpiece Console Set
By Steuben Glass
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This rare signed Steuben set may belong in a museum as the reference to it, in Gardner's Book, "The Glass of Frederick Carder" is pictured as merely a photograph from Carder's files ...
Crystal