Rare Stevens & Williams Royal Blown Glass Goblet w/ Figure in Bubble Stem Bimini

Description

Rare Stevens & Williams
Royal
Blown Glass
Goblet
w/ Figure in Bubble Stem
Bimini
Art Deco
Don’t miss this opportunity to own this rare
, sought after
Stevens & Williams tall, glass
,
wine goblet
with
horse and rider
Bubble Stem in the manner of
Bimini-
Werkstatte
Wien
.
This unusual
baluster shaped
wine goblet
was off-hand blown by master glassmaker Harry Moore with the horse and rider flame
-
worked by lampworking specialist William Swingewood Sr.
THOMAS GOODE and SONS
commissioned STEVENS and WILLIAMS
S
tourbridge
A
rt
G
lass
W
orks
to make these wonderful goblets in
the jubilee year 1936
--
the 75th anniversary of the brief reign of king
E
dward the
VIII
.
At the time
THOMAS GOODE and SONS
were
the
top royal tableware provider
with many royal warrant's
.
Master
lampworker
WILLIAM (BILL) SWINGEWOOD,
made the lampwork
ed
figures inside the
glass
bubble with great expertise,
using
a technique called
lampworking
. Using this
technique SWINGEWOOD
would work
through a small hole in the top of the glass bubble,
us
ing
long thin rods of colored glass and a gas blow torch to craft his amazing detailed animals and figures inside of
glass
bubbles
.
SWINGEWOOD was an out
-
worker for
STEVENS and WILLIAMS
and was the most highly skilled
lampworker
of his era
.
Ht
: 9 ½” with
3
”
dia
bowl
. Condition is excellent
.
There are no chip
s
, cracks or
scratches.
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