ANDRIES DIRK COPIER (DUTCH 1901-1991) FOR LEERDAM §
‘UNICA’ VASE, c.1950s
£1,764
Auction: MODERN MADE Part II | 01 November 2024 | Lots 80 to 444
Description
engraved A D Copier / AA139 / LEERDAM-UNICA (to base), glass with black speckled inclusions and bands of dark ruby red/aubergine
Dimensions
16.5cm high (6 ½in high)
Footnote
Andries Dirk Copier started working at the Royal Dutch Glassworks at Leerdam in the Netherlands as an apprentice glass blower at the age of 13, becoming its General Artistic Director in 1927. In addition to the company's utilitarian glassware, Copier experimented with one-off pieces produced in collaboration with a master glass blower. These unique works, marked 'Leerdam Unica' from 1925, were exclusively designed by Copier from 1929. They proved extremely popular and secured Copier's reputation during his long career (70 years at Leerdam) as one of the best known Dutch glass artists of the 20th Century.