Art glass vase with color melts, Trail Cane Twist, signed Charlie Meaker

Studio glass vase made of different colored glass, cylindrical body with a wide rim, in the lower part made of colorless glass with light blue, white and brown fusions in rod and spiral patterns, (opal glass, melted over using the specially developed thread glass technique 'Trail Cane Twist' in a geometric pattern from diagonally guided line bands) in the upper part made of light blue colored glass, base with fused tear-off and inscribed in vibrogravure: CHARLIE MEAKER 1981 Form 212. Vase is in intact condition. Charlie Meaker around 1981 (USA 1946 - 2011 Copenhagen). Height: approx. 17.0 cm, diameter: approx. 22.6 cm. Lit: Second Coburg Glass Prize for modern glass design in Europe 1985. Lit: Art collections of the Veste Coburg, page 227.Lit: Corning Museum of Glass, New Glass Review 2.