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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — It’s the end of the line for the Steuben Glass company, an American icon of handcrafted crystal for more than a century. The company’s lone factory in Corning, in western New York, shut down Tuesday, ending a high-end glassmaking tradition dating from 1903. Most of the company’s 60 workers were axed, but a few found jobs at glass pioneer Corning, Steuben’s former owner.
Like fine diamonds, clear-as-water Steuben glass seems almost to emanate light from within. Steuben Glass’ naturally flowing shapes — and eye-popping price tags in the tens of thousands of dollars — have been fashioned into everything from fruit bowls and animal figurines to one-of-a-kind presidential sculptures. The Associated Press; AP file photo
