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Posted 8 months ago
vetraio50
(358 items)
The colour is what attracted my eye to this vase initially and there were the remnants of a sticker to alert me to its origins. My first thought was that it was by Copier but after looking at the site of the Nationaal Glasmuseum (Dutch National Glass Museum) I discovered its true identity.
http://www.nationaalglasmuseum.nl
The museum has a set of photos on this vase there that includes its design by Floris Meydam. In the Leerdam catalogue it is described as: "Vaas, turkoise dikke druppelvorm, kleine mondopening". Its catalogue number is 2685 or 2686. It dates to 1954 and is in a really attractive colour that the Dutch call 'turkoise'. It has an optic effect that draws your eye to the vase due to a partial thicker internal oval wall.
It reminds me of the later 'torpedo vases' of Holmegaard etc..
No mark, they just used a sticker for these 'Sericas'.
Typically beautiful base and ground pontil.
Height: 21 cm or 8.3 inches
Width: 10 cm or 3.93 inches
Floris Meydam died on September 25, 2011. He was 91 years of age.
"For 35 years (1949-1984) Meydam was head of design department at Leerdam. In this capacity he gave the post-war collection of the glass factory a recognizable face. He is responsible for a large number of designs for both utility glass (glass dinnerware, bowls, vases, etc.) and glass packaging. In addition, he designed numerous pieces of occasional glass: Leerdam Unica, Leerdam Serica and glass panels. He also designs for the ceramics industry, including the famous Black Princess for Regina.
Meydam continually searched for new forms and he designed many innovative items. Typical of his work is the simplicity of the design.
As an industrial designer and independent artist, he received many national and international awards and prizes. In 1952 he was the first Dutch designer at the Museum of Modern Art (New York) and won the "Good Design Award". After retirement in 1984 he continued on as an independent glass artist."
http://www.nationaalglasmuseum.nl/
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very stunning vetraio50 love this very much :) and love the blue and the design
Many thanks Sean! How are you mate?
your very welcome vetraio50 :) im great , i went and bought another new watch tonight:) and a bracelet as well:) i totally love your vase it is very beautiful:) and i need tomorrow get busy on the office its still a mess ,LOL:)
and how are you vetraio50:)
Cheap and cheerful mate! Nothing much has happened this week. I have been out and about but to no avail! I'm about to do the dusting, vacuuming and looking for cobwebs before eye4 spots them! LOL!
Many thanks mustangtony!
Did you see valkma's new Rozendaal glass? It's this same blue that both Maastricht and Leerdam played around with in the thirties and fifties. His glass is just wonderful!
LOL :) I LOVE IT :) sorry about not finding anything , and i hear ya on that ;:) EYE4 spotting the spiders LOL:) eye4 beautys nick name is spic&span queen:) no ihavent seen his Rozendaal , ill check it out:)
Many thanks kerry10456!
Many thanks miKKo!
Many thanks Mac63!
Many thanks dasullywon!
Many thanks Justanovice!
great piece and the 1st pic really shows off the wall good size too of course love the color
nice meydam i am hoping to find a nice australian piece here in holland!
Fabulous shape and colour!...:-)
Many thanks valkma, eye4beauty, artislove, austro and inky too!
Thanks too to bratjdd! Missed you on the overnight list, apologies!
Wait till you see the new one today. There is a definite smudge just to tease you on this one! Give me five minutes! 22 cm = how many inches?
That's eight and a half thumbs, n'est-ce pas?
You have had had some good treasures going!
Many thanks Amber. This one was bought about five years back, now. Bought from the same place where I got the marble angel fish called Cicciu'! Cross pollination!
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/24126-cicciu-the-marble-butterfly-fish
Many thanks czechman, too!
Many thanks musikchoo!
Many thanks Jayhow!
Many thanks MacArt!
What stunning color, it must be outrageous in real time. Thanks for sharing vetraio50.
Eddie
Many thanks Eddie! 'Turquoise' is a recurrent theme in Dutch glass. Meydam played around with it and a dark blue. It's exotic and hankers back to the colours of Islamic glass and pottery, I think.
Many thanks musikchoo!
Awesome, what beautiful treasures you find!
Many thanks Phatbuddha, pawls and SilicaTales!
Many thanks Maggadora!
Many thanks moonstonelover! You've been delving deep!
Many thanks kygurl32!
Many thanks Hornet!