Glass
- Designer: Robert Venturi, American, born 1925
- Manufacturers: Swid Powell; Riedel
- Medium: Glass
- Geographical Locations:
- Possible place made: Austria
- Possible place made: New York, New York, USA
- Dates: ca. 1985
- Dimensions: 4 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (10.2 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm)
- Markings: On underside edge, etched: "RV [letters backwards] [square with illegible letters -- possibly backwards RC -- in center]" On black, square sticker affixed to side of glass at top, printed in white: "made in austria / RIEDEL [illegible mark; probably same square with RC (?) in center as marked etched into bottom of glass] / since 1756 / lead crystal / over 24% pbo / 8-83"
- Signature: no signature
- Inscriptions: no inscriptions
- Collections: Decorative Arts
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor - Accession Number: 85.158.26
- Credit Line: Gift of Paul F. Walter
- Image: Component, 85.158.24_85.158.25_85.158.26_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
- Catalogue Description: Cylindrical glass, colorless glass, with engraved paired bars scattered in random pattern. CONDITION: Undamaged.
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