Two Steuben Engraved Bird Plates on Stands with Paper Advertisement

1946, designed by Sidney Waugh, two Audubon Series crystal plates, wheel-engraved with depictions of Audubon's birds, featuring a Barred Owl on one and a Ruffed Grouse on the other, the latter illustrated in an accompanying period magazine advertisement and article promoting the Audubon Series, hand-etched signatures to the reverse, mounted on metal pedestal display stands with felt-lined supports.

The Audubon Series was famously presented as a wedding gift to Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Prince Philip by President Harry S. Truman on behalf of the United States.


(Plate) 10 in. (On stand) 11.25 in.

From the Important Glass Collection of Wilson and Susan Craigie, Richmond, Virginia

Excellent estate condition.

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