Reginald Tower # 7

Artist Richard Marquis (American, born 1945)

Artist Waterford Crystal, Ltd. (Irish, 1783-2009, 2010-present)

Date1999

DimensionsH: 11 ½ in. (29.2 cm); Diam: 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)

MediumBlown, fused, cut, engraved, polished, and enameled glass (vessel); sandblasted (base); mold-cast, cut and polished (frog)

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift from a private collection

Object number

2014.34

Not on View

DescriptionThe cylindrical vessel, flaring towards the rim, is constructed of brick-like colorless cane sections with thin edges in primary colors that are loosely fused together. In a random pattern, some of the “bricks” are engraved and enameled with black insects, such as centipedes, ants, beetles, and flies. The tower is fused to a lenticular hollow blown base with a satin-etched surface to which a few “bricks” are randomly fused. An engraved glass frog, a model commercially produced by the Waterford® Crystal factory, has been applied to the interior base of the cylinder.

Published ReferencesChambers, Karen S., “La fortuna degli Irlandesi – The luck of the Irish,” Vetro, January/March 2001, pp. 40-45.

Richard Marquis: Original and Unique Works in Waterford Crystal, Waterford® Crystal Ltd., n.d. [2000].