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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Atlantic
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
82.4.61
Dimensions: 
H: 19.8 cm, L: 22.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1972
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Edwin J. Beinecke, Jr.
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; cast, cut, engraved. Triangular form; one side with three undulating scallops; engraved on the largest flat surface is a three-masted schooner, the Atlantic, under full sail in a rough sea; signed on base in script "Steuben 8-25". In red leather box.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Beinecke, Edwin J., Jr., Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
cast, cut, engraved
casting
cut glass