goblet

Object NameCovered Goblet

Maker C. H. F. Müller

Made FromProbably Soda-Lime Glass

Dateabout 1875-1880

TechniqueLampworked, applied, tooled

SizeOverall H: 36 cm; (a) Goblet H: 22.8 cm, Rim Diam (max): 8.3 cm, Foot Diam (max): 8 cm; (b) Cover Diam (max): about 8.8 cm

Accession Number51.3.115

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

The Magic of the Lamp: Flameworked Objects from the Permanent Collection

Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass

Museum Under Water

Place Made

Germany, Hamburg

Physical DescriptionCovered Goblet. Probably soda-lime glass, colorless of yellowish smoky tinge, red and white twists, blue-green trim; lampworked, applied and tooled decoration. (a) Delicate conical bowl resting on a slender short shank between head and tail of dragon in composite stem; -- head of dragon, hollow blue-green with white dots representing teeth and a white bead with black dot at center, the eyes; tail, a spirally ribbed coil of blue-green glass; the body, paired red and white spiral twists with three applied "waffled" fins, and swirled in an open (opposing spirals "figure-eight"; dragon attached by short shank to hollow ribbed inverted balusters tapering sharply to narrow blade knop at top of circular foot with pronounced swirled ribs and no pontil mark on base. (b) Set-in dome cover with tall open (opposing spirals) "figure-eight" finial like body of dragon but with more "fins".
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