Shark's Fin

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Shark's Fin
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
82.4.68
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 18.6 cm, L: 20.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1972
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Edwin J. Beinecke, Jr.
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; cast, cut, copperwheel engraved. Shark fin shape; engraved on one side, a shark with head angled down, accompanied by three small fish; signed in script on base "Steuben 6-15".

More Info

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