drinking glass

Object NameBeer Glass with 5 Beer Mats

Designer Dieter Sieber

Manufacturer Ritzenhoff Cristal

Made FromGlass

Datedesigned in 1996

Place MadeGermany, Marsberg

TechniqueBlown, enameled, pressed

SizeOverall H: 25.1 cm; Rim Diam: 6.5 cm; Foot Diam: 7.5 cm

Accession Number98.3.2

Credit LineGift of Suzanne K. Frantz

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionBeer glass with five (50 beer mats (coasters) in original packaging with brochure and insert with care instructions. Colorless glass; blown, pressed, enameled. Conical shape body on dimed circular foot. Design of stylized Doge of Venice on one side with "VE/NE/ZIA" in gold on other side signed in white on top of foot "DIETER SIEGER RITZENHOFF". Container Black paper mailing tube with two plastic ends. On front "RITZENHOFF" above image of beer mat (Lion of St. Mark) with Bierglas, beer glass, verre a biere, bicchiere da birraDIETER SIEGER 1996/22224" .GUMMED LABEL ON BOTTOM "20". Beer mats: layers of paper, circular shape with gold Lion of St. Mark on burgundy ground with decorative border in gold. On reverse "RITZENHOFF/DIETER/SIEGER DESIGN". Care instructions: paper fit into interior of glass - coneshape made to look like beer in foam.
Provenance

Source Susanne K. Frantz - 1998-01-26