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Unica

Vase
1928 (made)
Artist/Maker
Royal Leerdam Glassworks (manufacturer)
Copier, Andries Dirk (designer)
Place of origin
Leerdam (made)

Made as one of Leerdam's "Unica"(unique) range, this vase was designed by Copier but because each example is handmade and the behaviour of the coloured glass inclusions is random, no two are the same. "Leerdam Unica D286 A D Copier" incised

Object details

Categories
ELISE
Glass
Vases
Object type
Vase
TitleUnica (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Hand blown glass, with coloured inclusions
Brief description
Vase, Netherlands (Leerdam), designed by Andries Dirk Copier for Leerdam glassworks, 1928
Physical description
Made as one of Leerdam's "Unica"(unique) range, this vase was designed by Copier but because each example is handmade and the behaviour of the coloured glass inclusions is random, no two are the same. "Leerdam Unica D286 A D Copier" incised
Dimensions
  • Height: 33.7cm
Style
20TH CONT
Marks and inscriptions
'Leerdam Unica D286 A D Copier' incised (Makers's mark)
Gallery label
This vase is one of Leerdam's 'Unica' (unique) range. Although the form of the vase was designed by Copier and is repeatable, each example is handmade and the behaviour of the coloured glass inclusions is random. It is this unpredictability which means that no two are the same. A D Copier (1901-91) joined Leerdam in 1914 as an apprentice in the etching department. His further studies in typography and graphic design in Utrecht and Rotterdam were largely financed by the glassworks. From 1921 he supervised the production of artist-designed glass and the related advertisements, exhibition installations etc. In 1922-3 he began his own designs for glass; he introduced the Leerdam-Unica series and in 1927 he became artistic director; he retired in 1971.
Bibliographic reference
Dusseldorf: Leerdam Unica, 1977, p 27; Rudoe,J:Decorative Arts 1850-1950, BM.1991. Liefkes R: 'Master of Pure Form', Dutch Heights, 1986/7 Winter, 1,38-41 (see Rudoe); Liefkes R: Copier, Glasontwerper/glaskunstenaar, Amsterdam, 1989
Other number
9572 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.16-1982

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O2956/unica-vase-copier-andries-dirk/
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