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candleholder

Object NameCandleholder with Cover
Artist Richard Craig Meitner (American, b. 1949)
Studio Royal Leerdam Crystal Factory
Made FromNeodymium glass
Date1994
Place MadeNetherlands, Leerdam
TechniqueBlown, applied
SizeOverall H: 18.5 cm; (a) Candleholder H: 13.8 cm, Diam: 12 cm; (b) Cover H: 13.1 cm, Diam: 10.7 cm
Accession Number95.3.63
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Masters of Studio Glass: Richard Craig Meitner
Masters of Studio Glass: Richard Craig Meitner
Not On View
Physical DescriptionNeodymium glass. (a) Pale bluish mauve, transparent; (b) pale bluish mauve, transparent, with yellowish amber, transparent knop; blown, applied. Candleholder (a), with cover(b). Candleholder: globular, with hemispherical mouth. Rim plain; narrow opening at junction of mouth and body; base plain, with high, rounded kick; no pontil mark. cover: bell-shaped, hollow except for knop. Semiovoid knop resting on two disks with rounded edges, small above and larger below; wall descends vertically, then splays, with plain rounded rim at bottom. (a) Inscribed on outside below rim with diamond point: "Royal Leerdam 250-248 R.M. 1994" (cursive); (b) inscribed on inside above foot rim with diamond point: "Eddio ed Adam RL-RM" (cursive).
Provenance
Source Art Nederland Europe - 1995-09-07
Object copyright© Richard Craig Meitner
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