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Goblet

Transparent glass goblet on a baluster stem with a tulip cup decorated with an etched figure of a two-tailed mermaid holding a fish slightly above her head.

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  • Transparent glass goblet on a baluster stem with a tulip cup decorated with an etched figure of a two-tailed mermaid holding a fish slightly above her head.

Date:

c. 1926

Artist:

Designed by Simon Gate
Swedish, 1883-1945
Made by Orrefors Glassworks (Glasbruk)
Småland, Sweden, founded 1898

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Artist

Orrefors Glasbruk (Manufacturer)

Title

Goblet

Place

Orrefors (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1921–1931

Medium

Glass

Dimensions

14.9 × 8.9 cm (5 7/8 × 3 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Robert Allerton

Reference Number

1931.712

Extended information about this artwork

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