Virginia

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 number41.8.1.47.A

ClassificationsDecorative Arts

DescriptionGeorge Washington and his estate, "Mount Vernon."

Label Text“George Washington is popularly known as the ‘Father of His Country.’ He stands as the symbol of the war of American Independence and of our Nation. He epitomizes all that was best in the tradition of the Virginia Gentlemen, and his estate at Mount Vernon, now a national shrine, gives us a living picture of culture and refinement, combined with natural simplicity.” 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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