The Woodland

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Object Name: 
Bowl
Title: 
The Woodland
Accession Number: 
82.4.55
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 81.2 cm, Diam: 18.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1960
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Edwin J. Beinecke, Jr.
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, cut, copper wheel engraved. Deep bowl shape; hollow cylindrical base with six applied vertical pads of glass; inscribed below rounded rim, Indian corn and in block letters "GRIZZLY BEAR", "RACCOON", "WAPITI"; below each of these titles are engraved the appropriate animal(s) shown in their native habitats: a grizzly bear disturbing a bees nest, with tree in background; three bushy-tailed raccoons, one with foreleg extended next to jumping fish; a wapiti with trees for background; signed in script on base "Steuben".
Provenance: 
Beinecke, Edwin J., Jr., Source