Ferdinand Magellan

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Ferdinand Magellan
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
82.4.60
Dimensions: 
H: 17.6 cm, L: 24.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1970
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Edwin J. Beinecke, Jr.
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; cast, cut, engraved. Seven sided form of truncated triangular cross section when viewed from above; deeply cut or engraved forms on back and bottom sides and engraved ship at bottom left of front side depicts the entry of Ferdinand Magellan's flagship "Trinidad" in 1520 into what is now known as the Strait of Magellan; signed on left side in script "Steuben 6-25". 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