Refined and precious Italian wine goblets made of blown glass. The set consists of six pieces; the bowl of each glass was barrel-blown, then the craftsman manually fixed the stem and base by heat. When the glass had reached a low temperature, the master glassmaker spread a gold chloride pigment mixed with copper on the surface of the glass to obtain the soft red colour; while the glass was still at a low temperature, a fine gold rocaille pattern was applied to the rim using the gold leaf technique, laid on the surface of the glass coated with fondant. The decorator engraved the leaf with the desired pattern and removed the excess parts; a simpler gilding was also done on the edge of the base and on the shaping of the stem; then the craftsman fixed everything to the glass (colour and gold) indelibly by annealing in the furnace. Once the glass had completely cooled, it was ground and moulded into the bowl, removing the colour in the ground part to leave the transparency of the glass, thus creating a fascinating contrast. The glasses were created between 1970 and 1974 by master glassmakers in a small workshop in Montelupo (Empoli-Tuscany, Italy). We purchased the glasses directly from the glassworks, along with other objects that were part of the exhibition, shortly before the workshop closed in 1998. Empoli and its surroundings are a very important reality in the field of glass production in Italy. The various processing phases are economically important activities, involving numerous companies from small to large in the area. Of great importance is the artistic production of glass, both artisanal and blown, for furniture and tableware. The first glassworks was established in Montelupo, towards the end of the 18th century, and a few years later it was the turn of the first glassworks in Empoli. Later, between the second half of the 19th century and the first years of the 20th century, other glassworks sprang up, especially in Empoli, taking advantage of the new communication routes, which made it possible to transport the products made in various parts of Tuscany and Italy. The artisanal and manual technique in glass production in Empoli, combined with the ancient tradition, soon had a great commercial success and an enormous artistic-cultural impact that lasts to this day. The glasses are in excellent condition, in fact they were part of an exhibition, therefore never used. Size diameter 7 cm, height 14 cm. For all our shipments we use special packaging materials (custom-made wooden crates, polystyrene, etc.) for maximum protection and safety of the objects.
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