California

Manufacturer Steuben Glass (American, founded 1903)

Artist Sidney Waugh (designer) (American, 1904 - 1963)

Date1950-1959

Mediumengraved crystal

Dimensions11 x 7 inches (27.9 x 17.8 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number41.8.1.6.A

ClassificationsDecorative Arts

DescriptionThe discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, 1848.

Label Text“In the broad picture of American history, the date ‘1848’ looms almost as large as ‘1620’ or ‘1776,’ for in that year gold was discovered in California. It was not the gold itself that mattered; of deeper significance was the vast migration which followed, a migration which moved westward on a great wave of mass hysteria.” Sidney Waugh

ProvenanceManufacturer; purchased December 4, 1959 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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