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: 11.3 cm; (a) Bottle H: 9.5 cm, Diam: 2.8 cm; (b) Stopper H: 3.2 cm, Diam: 2 cm

Accession Number79.3.102 A

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) White dots on blue background. (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