goblet
Object NameGoblet with Grapevine Decoration
Maker
Karl Schmid
Maker
Wolfgang Schmid
Made FromGlass
Date1984
Place MadeGermany, Lindberg
Techniqueflameworked, fumed, wheel-engraved
SizeOverall H: 30.9 cm, Diam: 9.2 cm
Accession Number84.3.250
Credit LineGift of Karl and Wolfgang Schmid
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
The Magic of the Lamp: Flameworked Objects from the Permanent Collection
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless with transparent blue streaks and yellowish-brown to pink fumed surface; transparent blue; flameworked, fumed, wheel-engraved. Goblet. Bowl: colorless with fumed surface; hemispherical with everted rim; lip rounded, rim curves inward and wall descends almost vertically before curving in to bottom; rim and wall slit at one point with edges folded back toward wall. Stem: transparent blue; long, narrow tube with swelling at top and bottom, and with two corkscrew twists. Foot: made from same tube as stem; low hollow cone with rounded edge. Engraved decoration on bowl, cut through to colorless; one spray of leaves and berries which covers most of wall. Signatures: on bowl: "Schmid" (engraved or possibly acid-etched, cursive); on underside of foot, near edge: "K Schmid 84 W. Schmid 84" (cursive, engraved).Provenance
Source
Wolfgang Schmid
Source
Karl Schmid
