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Scallop Goblet

Object NameVessel

Artist Fritz Dreisbach (American, b. 1941)

Made FromGlass

Date1992

Place MadeUnited States, WA, Freeland

TechniqueOptic-molded, blown, applied

SizeOverall H: 41.8 cm, Diam (max): 9.6 cm

Accession Number2018.4.22

Credit LineGift of Elmerina and Paul Parkman

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionVessel, "Scallop Goblet". Transparent pink, yellow, colorless, and dark amber glasses; optic-molded, blown, applied. Vessel in the form of a goblet with a shallow transparent pink cup with raised fins (mezzo stampo), a two-part stem consisting of a colorless hot-worked element joined to a transparent pink scallop shell, and an elongated transparent yellow optic-molded foot with flared and faceted octagonal bottom edge. Thin applied thread applied just below rim of cup, suggesting that it might support a cover. Two dark amber raspberry prunts applied to hot-worked stem element.
Provenance

Former Collection National Liberty Museum - 2000-12-02
Parkmans purchased this from an auction at the Liberty Museum, Philadelphia

Source Elmerina Parkman (died 2024)
Parkmans purchased this from an auction at the Liberty Museum, Philadelphia

Source Paul Parkman (1932 - 2024)