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==Notable appearances== *Four Steuben pieces, including Gazelle Bowl, were added to the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1938.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://steuben.com/since-1903|title=Since 1903 {{!}} Steuben|website=steuben.com|access-date=2020-01-23}}</ref> *Steuben was shown at "The World of Tomorrow" exhibition at the New York City World's Fair in 1939.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://steuben.com/since-1903|title=Since 1903 {{!}} Steuben|website=steuben.com|access-date=2020-01-23}}</ref> *The Merry-Go-Round Bowl,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/royalwedding1947/object.asp?grouping=&exhibs=NONE&object=63141&row=35|title=Steuben glass bowl and cover engraved with a merry-go-round|website=A Royal Wedding: November 20, 1947|publisher=The Royal Collection|access-date=July 10, 2014}}</ref> Audubon Plates,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/royalwedding1947/object.asp?grouping=&exhibs=NONE&object=63125&row=42|title=Steuben glass plates engraved with birds, after prints by Audubon|website=A Royal Wedding: November 20, 1947|publisher=The Royal Collection|access-date=July 10, 2014}}</ref> and a pair of Steuben candlesticks<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/royalwedding1947/object.asp?grouping=&exhibs=NONE&object=68119&row=43|title=A pair of Steuben glass candlesticks|website=A Royal Wedding: November 20, 1947|publisher=The Royal Collection|access-date=July 10, 2014}}</ref> were presented to [[Queen Elizabeth II]] on the occasion of her wedding. The bowl and plates were presented by President and Mrs. Truman on behalf of the United States. Since then, and as of 2020, Steuben has been presented as a gift of state by every U.S. president.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://steuben.com/since-1903|title=Since 1903 {{!}} Steuben|website=steuben.com|access-date=2020-01-23}}</ref> *Steuben was the only American glassworks to be included in L'Art Du Verre, an exhibition at the [[Louvre]] Museum in Paris, where over 150 pieces of Steuben were shown.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://steuben.com/since-1903|title=Since 1903 {{!}} Steuben|website=steuben.com|access-date=2020-01-23}}</ref> *The glass bowl in the [[Merchant Ivory Productions|Merchant Ivory]] film ''[[The Golden Bowl]]'' (2000) was designed by Eric Hilton at Steuben Glass.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Corning Museum of Glass |date=November 20, 2022 |title="The Golden Bowl" |url=https://www.cmog.org/artwork/golden-bowl-0 |access-date=November 20, 2022 |website=Corning Museum of Glass}}</ref> *Steuben glass bowl is mentioned as a wedding gift to the newly married [[Charlotte York]]-Macdougal in the 3rd season, episode 13 of [[Sex and the City]].<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Escape from New York |url=https://www.satctranscripts.com/2008/08/sex-and-city-season-3-episode-13.html#.Yw2EvXZBy3A |access-date=2023-07-17 |date=September 10, 2000 |series=Sex and the City |series-link=Sex and the City |transcript=Season 3 Episode 13 |transcript-url=https://www.satctranscripts.com/2008/08/sex-and-city-season-3-episode-13.html#.Yw2EvXZBy3A |language=en |url-status=live |archive-date=Aug 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830035945/https://www.satctranscripts.com/2008/08/sex-and-city-season-3-episode-13.html#.Yw2LNJd_qct}}</ref> *[[President Bartlet]] broke a Steuben glass pitcher in ''[[The West Wing]]'' episode "He Shall From Time To Time...".{{citation needed|date=April 2015}} *[[Sterling Archer]] broke some Steuben glassware in episode ten, season one of ''[[Archer (2009 TV series)|Archer]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=archer&episode=s01e10|title=Archer s01e10 Episode Script: Dial M for Mother}}</ref> *In "Christmas Bells", the Act 1 closer of ''[[Rent_(musical)#Synopsis|Rent]]'', the ensemble commiserates over their lack of access to classic Christmas tidings, singing "No Steuben glass / No cappuccino maker /...No 'chestnuts roasting on an open fire'".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Larson |first1=Jonathan |title=Christmas Bells |url=https://genius.com/Original-broadway-cast-of-rent-christmas-bells-lyrics |website=Genius |access-date=8 April 2022}}</ref> *The glass slipper in the [[Cinderella Castle#Cinderella Castle Suite|Cinderella Castle Suite]] at [[Walt Disney World|Disney World]] is made by Steuben Glass.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blog.cmog.org/2015/03/13/if-the-shoe-fits/|title=If the Shoe Fits|date=2015-03-13|work=Behind the Glass|access-date=2018-01-25|language=en-US}}</ref> *A Steuben glass egg plays an important part in the movie ''[[Risky Business]]''. More than 20 years later, the egg is an important part of a plot of an episode of the television series ''[[The O.C.]]''. *Steuben crystal appears a number of times in the apocalyptic novel [[Lucifer's Hammer]] by [[Larry Niven]] and [[Jerry Pournelle]], where it serves as a metaphor for the fragile beauty of technological civilization. *Steuben glass is mentioned throughout [[Neil Simon|Neil Simon's]] farce [[Rumors (play)|Rumors]], which debuted in 1988. *Six Steuben glasses were given to Rose Weismann in the 3rd season, episode 8, in the 2019 Amazon production of [[The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel]]. *In [[Dominick Dunne]]'s 1990 novel ''[[An Inconvenient Woman]]'', millionaire businessman Jules Mendelson instructs his mistress to request her interior decorator order a set of 72 drinking glasses from Steuben so she can "...serve me my drinks in some decent glasses".
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