Aurene glass

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Aurene is a type of iridescent glassware produced in the early 20th century by the Steuben Glass Company. Founded in 1903 by T.G. Hawkes and Frederick Carder in Corning, New York, Steuben became known for its decorative colored glassware. Aurene, a trademarked name, is characterized by its iridescent and translucent finish. The company also produced Intarsia glass and, later, glassware from a colorless lead crystal developed by Corning. Despite efforts to revive sales, the Steuben Glass Company ceased operations in November 2011.12

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Steuben Glass Company
…an iridescent, translucent finish called Aurene. Another specialty was Intarsia glass, crystal glassware with soft, overlapping colour inlays. In the 1930s the firm began making glassware from a new colourless lead crystal developed by Corning. Steuben later manufactured fine glass products of cut, engraved, and free-blown designs made almost exclusively…
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…an iridescent, translucent finish called Aurene. Another specialty was Intarsia glass, crystal glassware with soft, overlapping colour inlays. In the 1930s the firm began making glassware from a new colourless lead crystal developed by Corning. Steuben later manufactured fine glass products of cut, engraved, and free-blown designs made almost exclusively…
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