Designer: Charles Gwathmey & Robert Siegel
Manufacturer: Swid Powell
Materials: Silver plate over brass
Country of Origin: Italy
Date: 1989
Dimensions: 7.25” H x 3.125” Dim
Condition: Excellent. Tarnish and polishing scratches appropriate for its age.
Gwathmey explained, this design – an conical bud vase bolted to a cross base – “has to do with the holder and the held, the frame and the object…creating a third ingredient; how the pieces come together.” It also seems a modern interpretation of arts & crafts design. Swid Powell commissioned celebrated architects and designers to create tableware in the 1980s and 1990s.
