Fountain in Spain

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Object Name: 
Vase
Title: 
Fountain in Spain
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
2003.4.57
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 28.7 cm, Diam (max): 19.6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1939
Credit Line: 
Gift of Steuben Division of Corning Incorporated, Design Department
Web Description: 
The Scottish engraver Sir Muirhead Bone trained in Glasgow, and he was widely known for his engravings of architectural subjects. During World War I and World War II, he served as an official artist with the British armed forces, and he was knighted in 1937. In 1936, he published Old Spain, a two-volume collection of his watercolors and drawings.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Series: 
Twenty-seven Contemporary Artists
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Inc., Source
2003-07-23
Category: 
Modern
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
mold-blown and engraved
Inscription: 
Muirhead Bone
Signature
: 
Engraved right below image in script

Description

Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; blown and engraved. Vase has wide flared foot that narrows to low neck, widens to rounded body, then narrows slight to rim. Decorated with a engraved series of star designs just below rim and a central image of a large fountain with nine female figures.

Exhibitions (2)

Curious and Curiouser: Surprising Finds from the Rakow Library
Venue(s)
Rakow Library, Corning Museum of Glass 2017-04-08 through 2018-02-17
From advertisements for glass eyes to patents for preserving the dead in glass; from glasshouse dollars to drawings by worldfamous artists such as Salvador Dali and Georgia O’Keeffe. These are some of the rarely seen wonders in Curious and Curiouser: Surprising Finds from the Rakow Library. Artists, researchers, authors, and glass enthusiasts of all kinds use the Rakow Library’s holdings to learn more about glass, which often leads to voyages of discovery in unexpected directions. Come discover how the rare collections and curiosities in the Rakow Library have inspired others and how they can inspire you.
Glass and Glamour: Steuben's Modern Moment, 1930-1960
Venue(s)
Museum of the City of New York 2003-10-14 through 2004-04-11
 

Publications (10)

Le verre du XXe siècle (2006) illustrated, p. 184 (upper left); BIB# 103157
Sklo 20. Stoleti (2005) illustrated, p. 184, left center; BIB# 100097
Glas des 20 Jahrhunderts (2005) illustrated, p. 184 (upper left); BIB# 95989
Recent Acquisitions (2004) illustrated, p. 5; BIB# AI62237
DK Collector's Guides: 20th Century Glass (2004) illustrated, p. 184; BIB# 79746
20th-century Glass (2004) illustrated, p. 184; BIB# 79746
Recent Important Acquisitions Made by Public and Private Collections in the United States and Abroad (2004) illustrated, pp. 226-227, #33; BIB# AI69240
20th-century Glass (2004) illustrated, p. 184; BIB# 100097
Fountain in Spain [art original] (1938) illustrated BIB# 66414
Collection of Steuben 27 artists blueprints illustrated BIB# 149444