plate

Object NamePlate

Maker N. V. Koninklijke Nederlandsche Glasfabriek Leerdam

Maker Floris Meydam (Dutch, 1919-2011)

Made FromGlass

Date1958

Place MadeNetherlands

Techniqueformed in mold, applied trails, cased, ground

SizeH: 4.8 cm, L(max): 28.9 cm

Accession Number61.3.344

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Glass 1959: A Special Exhibition of International Contemporary Glass

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless glass with translucent blue, green and brownish-white applications; mass of colorless glass formed in mold; blue trails applied and dragged up once and down once; brownish-white trails and green dots also applied; then cased in colorless glass and molded again; finished by grinding and polishing. Irregular oval with thick wall and base; rim rounded; wall thickens below rim on outside and tapers to bottom; base plain, ground flat with concavity at center. Decoration consists of bold feathered pattern in blue which fills most of interior and is accompanied by brownish-white stripes parallel to "quills" of feathering and by numerous green spots. Engraved marks and signature in concavity: at center, "F Meydam" (cursive); at edge, "Leerdam unica" (cursive) and "MB1368H".
Provenance

Source N. V. Koninklijke Nederlandsche Glasfabriek Leerdam