Goblet
ca. 1875 (made)
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Goblet and cover in lamp-worked glass, imitating facon de Venise glass which would have been formed at the furnace. Conical bowl, straight stem resting on a figure-of-eight shaped loop of coloured threads with wings and a dragon's head and tail in blue on top; below, the stem continues above a slightly domed spreading foot; domed cover, finial similar to the decoration in the stem.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Lamp-worked glass |
| Brief description | Goblet and cover in lamp-worked glass, probably made by the Hamburg glasshouse of CHF Müller, Germany, ca. 1875. |
| Physical description | Goblet and cover in lamp-worked glass, imitating facon de Venise glass which would have been formed at the furnace. Conical bowl, straight stem resting on a figure-of-eight shaped loop of coloured threads with wings and a dragon's head and tail in blue on top; below, the stem continues above a slightly domed spreading foot; domed cover, finial similar to the decoration in the stem. |
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| Credit line | Wilfred Buckley Collection |
| Bibliographic reference | Helmut Ricke, in JoGS 1978, p. 79-80, cat. I10f, fig 16, our glass illustarted and discussed |
| Other number | 9426 - Glass gallery number |
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| Accession number | C.408A-1936 |
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| Record created | May 31, 2000 |
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