Steuben Crystal Glass Pig Figurine SIGNED Steuben and by Artist Lloyd Atkins

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Steuben Crystal Glass Pig Figurine SIGNED Steuben and by Artist Lloyd Atkins :
$188.00

Rare Lloyd b. AtkinsSigned Steuben Pig

For your consideration:

Spectacular Signed Steuben Pig

Here we have a rare and gorgeous Steuben Crystal Pigthat was signed by the Artist LBA-Lloyd b. Atkins

This is a very special and rare offering, that we have the honor of commissioning, this piece and others from a collection that was started many years ago, we will be adding to as we receive the them in. My consignor that owns these pieces worked in the Manhattan Store for many years and she has quite an amazing collection. You can imagine my glee when I she presented this piece to me to list!

This piece has been all hand formed by Steuben\'s Master Glass Makers, with the detail and clarity that only Steuben could ever produce. Every Steuben piece is slightly different as all were made by hand.

Dimensions:

3 1/4\" Long X 2\" Tall X 2\" Wide

Condition is excellent with no chips, cracks, or repairs. Very minimal base wear.

Steuben crystal is so pure that it allows the entire spectrum of light to enter and exit without interruption, giving the piece a white, diaphanous glow.

On September 15, 2011, Schottenstein announced it was shutting down Steuben\'s Corning factory and Manhattan store, ending the company\'s 108-year history of making world-class crystal.

Signed Steuben in diamond point script on base as well as LbA which is the Artist who designed this figurine, Signature Lloyd b. Atkins

Designers ~ Artist

Many highly respected glass designers have worked for Steuben Glass, including:

Peter Drobny
Sidney Waugh
Kiki Smith
Peter S. Aldridge
Lloyd Atkins
Inka Benton
James Carpenter
Robert Cassetti
Neil Cohen
Dan Dailey
David P. Dowler
John Dreve
Paul Haigh
Eric G. Hilton
James Houston
Beth Lipman
Dante Marioni
Ted Muehling
Donald Pollard
Taf Lebel Schaefer
Paul Schulze
George Thompson
Bernard X. Wolff
Rush Dougherty

History on the Artist and Creator of this beautiful piece:

According to Geoffrey Beard\'s International Modern Glass (London: Barrie & Jenkins 1976), Lloyd Atkins was born in 1922 in New York. Here\'s the entry in its entirety: \"Atkins, Lloyd, b. 1922 U.S.A. Born in New York and educated at the Pratt Institute. Desinger with Steuben Glass. His work is in public collections as far from New York as Rangoon and Teheran.\" He also appears in Who\'s Who in Contemporary Glass Art (1st ed 1993/1994. Munich: Joachim Waldrich Verlag, 1993). The entry: Atkins, Lloyd, m in US - Studies: Pratt Institute, New York, NY, U.S.: designer. - Exhibitions: 1986 Expressions en verre, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Lausanne, C.H. - Collections: Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Lausanne, CH. - Bibliography: Hofstatter, K.H.: Kunst der Welt, Baden-Baden: Holle Verlag, 1969, p. 216, B.; Beyond War Award in GASJ, 1985/86, p. 137, ill; Expressions en Verre, 200 sculptures contemporaines, Europe, USA, Japon, Lausanne: Musee des arts decoratifs de laVille de Lasuanne, 1986, pp 53, 108 ill., C. In Mary Jane Madigan\'s book Steuben Glass: An American Tradition in Crystal (NY: Abrams, 2003) there is a brief bio of Atkins\' time at Steuben: \"Lloyd Atkins joined Steuben in 1948 as a staff designer. Over the next fifty years, he became one of Steuben\'s most versatile and prolific designers, renowned for his delightful animal sculptures as well as scores of other representational and decorative figures, forms for engraving, and geometric sculptures. Born in Brooklyn, Atkins studied at the Pratt Institute before serving in the Army Air Corps during World War II. After the war he received a Bachelor of Industrial Design degree at Pratt while working at Steuben. Atkins\' crystal has been shown in innumberable Steuben exhibitions, including those at the Palais du Louvre, Paris; Park Lane House, London; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. His work is represented in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the University of Kyoto, the National Museum of the Philippines, and the Dwight David Eisenhower Library, as well as many private collections. Atkins marked his retirement from Steuben in the year 2000 with a Rhinoceros hand cooler, his last in the series of small pressed animal sculptures he initiated in 1974. Lloyd Atkins died in February 2002. \" p. 234.

Here is an interesting video on you tube with information on the making of Steuben Glass

Frederick Carder Founded Steuben in Corning New York in 1903. He was an English glassmaker who designed colored glass in the Art Noveau style. Later Corning Incorporated acquired the company in 1918. When Arthur Houghton, Jr. became president of Steuben, he reorganized the company dedicating it to producing clear, colorless, highly reflective crystal that was developed by Corning researchers. Some of the most prestigious museums in the world have Steuben in their permanent collections. Since the president and Mrs. Harry Truman sent Steuben as a wedding Gift to HRH Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain in 1947, Steuben has been used as a gift of state by every U.S. president.

Steuben Glass Works was an American Art Glass manufacturer, founded in the summer of 1903 by Frederick Carer and Thomas G. Hawkes in Corning, NY which is in Steuben County, from which the company name was derived. Hawkes was the owner of the largest cut glass firm then operating in Corning. Carder was an Englishman (born 18 September 1863) who had many years\' experience designing glass for Stevens and Williams in England. Hawkes purchased the glass blanks for his cutting shop from many sources and eventually wanted to start a factory to make the blanks himself. Hawkes convinced Carder to come to Corning and manage such a factory. Carder, who had been passed over for promotion at Stevens and Williams, consented to do so.

In July 2008, Steuben was sold by Corning Incorporated for an undisclosed price to the Schottenstein Stores Corp. which also owns 51% of Retail Ventures, a holding company for DSW, Filene\'s Basement, and formerly Value City Department Stores; Value City Furniture, which changed its name to American Signature Furniture; 15% of American Eagle Outfitters, retail liquidator SB Capital Group, some 50 shopping centers, and 5 factories producing its shoes, furniture and crystal.

On September 15, 2011, Schottenstein announced it was shutting down Steuben\'s Corning factory and Manhattan store, ending the company\'s 108-year history of making world-class crystal. Steuben Glass will only grow in value as this world class glass making technique is no longer in existence and is very coveted by fine glass collectors World Wide.

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