Vials
Object Name3 Bottles
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
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number79.3.102
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
New Glass: A Worldwide Survey
Not On View
Physical Description3 Bottles, "Vials". Colorless non-lead glass cased with opaque white, "black", deep blue; blown with hot applications, etched; stoppers: tooled, ground. Three small thick-walled cylindrical bottles varying slightly in size (a is tallest); each has solid decorated spherical stopper with thick ground shank, (Ab) white dots on blue background; (Bb) blue criss-crossed lines on blue background; (Cb) blue and white swirl; bodies have 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, each bottle has a single curving black linear arrow (varying in length and configuration) extending upward from black area; ground base; rough pontil; inscribed on base of "A": "R. Meinter 78".Provenance
Source
Richard Craig Meitner
(American, b. 1949) - 1978-1979-09-21
Object copyright© Richard Craig Meitner
