1930s Steuben Art Deco Mariners Bowl

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One of world's greatest achievements in Art Deco artistry, the Mythological famed "Mariners Bowl" spherical bowl was designed by Sidney … more One of world's greatest achievements in Art Deco artistry, the Mythological famed "Mariners Bowl" spherical bowl was designed by Sidney Waugh and executed by the Steuben Glass division of corning glass in 1937. Waugh had been hired by Steuben as its chief designer in 1933, and over the next 20 years he designed a wide array of bowls, vases and other glass objects that were decorated with high-style Art Deco figures executed via copper wheel engraving.

American glass created in 1937 in Corning New York by Steuben, the finest quality glass objects ever fabricated! Own a Rare Exhibition Museum American glass piece 'Mariners Bowl' extraordinary large signed and dated 1937 Steuben mythical carved Intaglio decorated with a central design of a compass, framed at each cardinal point with an allegorical figure and trimmed with a decorative band around the rim of the clear crystal bowl. A decorative Tour de Force! 'Mariner’s Bowl.' Designed by Sidney Biehler Waugh-signed incised on the underside of the rim-Steuben and dated-1937 in very good condition. Measures: 16” diameter. A Steuben 'Mariners Bowl' designed by Sidney Biehler Waugh with finely engraved intaglio decoration featuring Neptune, Queen Casseopeia, and two mythical creatures-the Hippocampus-a horse with fish tale and wings. The centre of the bowl is finished with an intaglio carved compass rose. An example of this piece is in the permanent collection of both the Brooklyn Museum and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Many major museums have a Steuben Collection! This piece has rarely appeared on the market for sale. Under bowl is engraved and frosted with four figures- figure of Poseidon Greek God of the Sea and namesake of the celestial planet. He is holding a stylized cornucopia trident pointing North. Opposite Neptune to the South is a figure of Queen Cassiopeia namesake of the celestial constellation and mother of Andromeda in Greek mythology. The East and West positions on the compass are occupied with a carved and frosted figure of a stylized Hippocampus- winged Sea Horses- Poseidons sidekicks, engraved and frosted double line circular rim borders encompassing an undulating double wave line motif. An eight-pointed star occupies the bowl center of an etched celestial compass design with six radiating circles and sixteen triangular rays terminating at letters signifying sixteen directive points of the compass.
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