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Vials

Object NameBottle with Stopper

Artist Richard Craig Meitner (American, b. 1949)

Assistant Mieke Groot (Dutch, b. 1949)

Made FromNon-lead Glass

Date1978

Place MadeNetherlands, Amsterdam

TechniqueBlown with hot applications, etched, tooled, ground

SizeOverall H: 10.3 cm; (c) Bottle H: 8.7 cm, Diam: 2.5 cm; (b) Stopper H: 2.9 cm, Diam: 2.1 cm

Accession Number79.3.102 C

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

New Glass: A Worldwide Survey

Masters of Studio Glass: Richard Craig Meitner

Not On View

Physical DescriptionBottle with Stopper, "Vials". Colorless non-lead glass cased with opaque white, "black", deep blue; blown with hot applications, etched; stoppers: tooled, ground. Small thick-walled cylindrical bottle with solid decorated spherical stopper with thick ground shank. (b) blue and white swirl;. (a) Bottle has wide opening where colorless has not been covered by opaque white, straight sides, upper three-fourths opaque white (etched to matte surface), bottom one-fourth black, a single curving black linear arrow extending upward from black area; ground base; rough pontil.
Provenance

Source Richard Craig Meitner (American, b. 1949) - 1978-1979-09-21