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candlestick

Object NameCandlestick

Maker Tiroler Glashütte KG

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1989

Place MadeAustria

Techniquecast or pressed, acid-polished

SizeH: 12.2 cm, W: 7.4 cm, D: 7.1 cm

Accession Number89.3.40

Credit LineGift of Prof. Claus Josef Riedel

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless glass; cast or pressed, acid-polished. Solid block: regular pentagonal horizontal cross-section; flat top with beveled cylindrical socket for candle and beveled edges; vertical side and flat bottom; decorated with three continuous horizontal V-shaped grooves, 1.3 cm wide, tops of which are 2.3, 5.3 and 8.3 cm below top; underside with etched mark or sand-blasted mark: "RIEDEL" (retrograde); attached to top, maker's printed label in black on white paper: in cartouche, "VORSIGHT! / Kerze nicht vollständig / hinunterbrennen! / ATTENTION! / Take care that candles do / not burn into holder!"; attached to side, maker's printed label in white on black paper: in cartouche, "Handmade in Austria / RIEDEL / since 1756 / lead crystal / over 24% PbO / 1/89".
Provenance

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