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goblet

goblet

Object NameSerpent-stem Goblet
Made FromGlass
Date1600-1650
Place MadeLow Countries; perhaps Liege
TechniqueFree-blown, pattern-molded, applied, tooled decor.
SizeOverall H: 25.5 cm; Rim Diam: 9.1 cm; Foot Diam: 9.4 cm
Accession Number58.3.177
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
The Magic of the Lamp: Flameworked Objects from the Permanent Collection
Not On View
Physical DescriptionClear glass with many minute bubbles and faint green-yellow tint; free-blown and pattern-molded, with applied and tooled decoration. Spreading foot with thickened edge and slight pontil mark, inverted baluster patterned in a rib mold and having an applied collar, composite coil formation forming a heart-like motif and terminating in two dragon heads with blue combs, the coils (or dragons) incorporating two yellow and one turquoise blue "latticinio" bands; on top of this formation a flattened knop pattern in a rib mold supporting the stemmed round funnel bowl.
Provenance
Source Leopold Blumka (-1973) - 1958

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