bowl

Object NameBowl

Maker George Riedel

Maker Riedel Glas Austria

Made Fromlead glass, paper label

Dateabout 1982

Place MadeAustria

Techniquecast, prob.; cut, engraved

SizeH: 8.4 cm, D: 38 cm

Accession Number82.3.67

Credit LineGift of Professor Claus Josef Riedel

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; probably cast, cut, engraved. Shallow bowl shape; bottom engraved with numerous pentagonal and hexagonal concave cells, the cells around the edge of the grouping with circular edges facing the rounded rim; each cell separated from the other by engraved lines; engraved above cells but below rim on one side in script "Riedel"; paper label on inside of bowl: "made in austria/RIEDEL/since 1756/Full lead- crystal/over 24% PbO/4-81".
Provenance

Source Claus Josef Riedel (Austrian, b. Bohemia, 1925-2004)