1960's Steuben Bouquet Vase

Description

1960 STEUBEN GLASS, BOUQUET VASE, in excellent condition.
Dimensions: H 5", DIA 6 1/2", Base 2 1/2"
Applied prunts to the sides.
Signed Stuben on the bottom.
Steuben's Modern movement begain in the early 1930s when young Harvard-educated Arthur Amory Houghton Jr., who took over at Steuben in 1933, and he gets invaluable advice from industrial designer Walter Dorwin Teague.
"Go modern and elite," Teague urged, indicating that with the proper promotional campaign, ownership of Steuben glassware could become "one of those evidences of solvency - like the ownership of a Cadillac . . . or a house in the right neighborhood.
After the war, the company brought in more designers to come up with fresh, functional objects for upper-middle-class homes and offices.
A score of such functional designs from the 1930s through the 1950s have remained in Steuben's line, and a handful more were reissued in conjunction with the company's 100th anniversary.