Reginald Tower # 7
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].
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
Probably late first century BCE to early first century CE
Probably first century BCE, possibly later
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