Indiana

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 number41.8.1.15.A

ClassificationsDecorative Arts

DescriptionThe legend of Jonny Appleseed.

Label Text“Johnny Appleseed, whose real name was John Chapman, had a vision of Heaven in which it appeared as a vast place filled with rows of apple trees in bloom. Until his death in 1845 he traveled from Massachusetts to Missouri (mostly west of the Alleghenies) planting orchards and preaching a weird interpretation of the scriptures. It is said that orchards of his planting still bloom in Indiana valleys.” 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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