Description:
Steuben Metropolitan Life John J. Creedon Award
Crystal, aluminum
Corning, New York, late 1980s
Glass prism with a stylized depiction of the Metropolitan Life Tower on Madison Avenue in New York City, the award was a very limited special commission named for the company's former CEO, incised Steuben, with lighted aluminum base, red presentation box, ht. (with base) 14 3/4 in.
Estimate $2,000-3,000
Good condition, one case latch does not close.
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