candlestick

Object NameCandlestick

Maker Tiroler Glashütte KG

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1989

Place MadeAustria

Techniquecast or pressed, acid-polished

SizeH: 12.1 cm, W: 7.4 cm, D: 7.1 cm

Accession Number89.3.39

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 cylindrical socket for candle and beveled edges; vertical side and flat bottom; decorated with V-shaped groove, 1.0-1.3 cm wide, which begins shortly below top and descends in continuous spiral composed of six straight sections to shortly above bottom, so that one side has two parallel grooves and four sides have one; 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)