PRECIOUS Penguin SiGNED 12¼" MARiO SANDON (d. 2011) Pilgrim ArT GLaSs BULLICANTE

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PENGUiN Sculpture
PiLGRiM Art Glass
MARiO SANDON (1924-2011)
Famous Italian-American Clown-Maker
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Description
Mario Sandon
(1924 - 2011)
Pilgrim Art Glass
Penguin
• Signed by Artist
• Bullicante
• Sommerso
• Massello
• c. 1999
DIMENSIONS:
12
¼
" tall (31.1 cm) x 6 " wide x 4" deep
WEIGHT:
5 Pounds (2270 g.)
CONDITION:
Excellent vintage condition!
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made
by
Italian-American artist
Mario Sandon,
circa 1990-2002. Such an elegant shape and flowing design! Created by the longtime Pilgrim sculptor with the massello, bullicante and sommerso techniques using
the company's
somewhat 'signature color', it is a large, substantial and stunningly beautiful piece, complete with artist's hand signature. The internal decorations are outstanding: double sweeping cranberry, accented with swirling decorative bullicante bubbles! The pretty penguin shows a detailed and expressive face--deep set eyes and pronounced beak, as well as strong design elements to anatomically correct body posture and gorgeous clear-cased, swept wings! Made in the twilight of his career, Sandon
(1924 - 2011)
retired in 2002. Pontil/base is ground-flat and highly polished.
An excellent addition to any art glass or
Sandon
collection--or thoughtful gift for a very special person--
including yourself
!
FULL CONDITION REPORT:
No cracks, chips, nicks, scuffs, flea bites, flakes, hairlines, repairs or evidence of grinding can be seen or felt. Any natural indentations, bubbles, tool marks and/or any other natural textural features are all original to this piece and normal for hand blown glass. Wear to base is consistent with age and very careful handling. Please review all high resolution photographs, at full size, in forming your own opinions.
About the Artist
Mario Sandon
(1924 - 2011)
Pilgrim Glass History
The Pilgrim Glass Corporation was established in Huntington, WV by Alfred Knobler. The factory was later located in nearby Ceredo, with its sales office in New Jersey.
Knobler, who had left Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a degree in ceramic engineering during the Great Depression, found work as a salesman for Trenton Potteries in New Jersey. One of his suppliers was Tri-State Glass Manufacturing Company in Huntington. Its owner, Walter Bailey, could not get enough natural gas in the winter so he wanted to sell the business. Knobler convinced Columbia Gas Co. to extend a larger pipeline to the company, and in 1949 he created the Pilgrim Glass Corporation from Tri-State’s modest facilities. He opened the new plant on Walker Branch Road in Ceredo in 1956.
During the early years, Pilgrim’s main product was hand-blown crackle glass in a variety of colors. The onion-skin or crackle effect was achieved by immersing the hot piece in cold water and then reheating it. In the mid-1950s, two brothers from Italy, Alessandro and Roberto Moretti, came to work at Pilgrim. When Knobler saw their remarkable skill in making off-hand novelties, he added a series of glass animals to the Pilgrim line. Alessandro (Sandy) is now retired and Roberto has died, but brother-in-law
Mario Sandon
continued to create glass animals and other sculptures until the plant closed.
In 1968, plant manager Karel Konrad introduced cranberry glass, and the company became the largest producer of cranberry glass in the world. And after the mid-1980s, cameo glass was produced at Pilgrim under the supervision of Kelsey Murphy and Robert Bomkamp.
The Pilgrim Glass Company continued for more than 50 years, closing in 2002 when the aging Knobler was unable to find a purchaser.
Another example of Mario Sandon's work (
not for sale
), above
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