Steuben Crystal Votive Sculpture with Chrome Candleholder in Original Packaging. The piece has a crackled textured throughout except for a key space on the top on the half-sphere shape and on the underside, where it is signed. The chrome piece connects to the center of the top. Comes in the original box, with all the paperwork. 

Size: 4 x 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. 

Steuben Glass is an art glass manufacturer founded in 1903 by Frederick Carder and Thomas G. Hawkes in Corning, New York, which is in Steuben County, from which the company name was derived. Due to war time restrictions which significantly depleted their stockpile of materials, Steuben was acquired by Corning Glass Works in 1918 and became the Steuben Division. By 1932 the Great Depression caused their sales to plummet, and Steuben began to produce primarily colorless art glass. In July 2008, Steuben was sold by Corning Incorporated for an undisclosed price to Schottenstein Stores, and in September 2011 Schottenstein announced it was shutting down Steuben’s Corning factory and Manhattan store, ending the company’s 108-year history. Soon after, Corning Incorporated repurchased the Steuben brand, and in early 2014 the Corning Museum of Glass announced that it would work with independent contractors to reproduce Steuben using a new, lead-free formula and their classic leaded crystal.

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