Trail Driver
Artist
Tom Lea
engraving designer (American, 1907 - 2001)
Artist
Lloyd Atkins
glass designer (American, 1922 - 2002)
Manufacturer
Steuben Glass
(American, founded 1903)
Date1959
Mediumengraved crystal
Dimensions9 × 10 × 10 inches (22.9 × 25.4 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number41.8.4.A
ClassificationsDecorative Arts
DescriptionDecorative glass bowl with narrow base and engraved designs. One one side the design is a rider on horseback wearing a cowboy hat. On the other side the design is a cluster of four longhorn cattle.Label TextLutcher Stark, like his mother, collected beautiful glass. She favored the detailed patterns of cut glass. Lutcher preferred the simpler designs of the Steuben Glass Company. This bowl, Trail Driver, includes an engraving. The West was another collecting passion of Lutcher. Texas artist Tom Lea designed the image using the bowl’s characteristics. The viewer looks through the glass to complete the story.
ProvenancePurchased July 3, 1962 through (Neiman-Marcus, Dallas, Texas) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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