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Title: Early shaped Mdina goblet with just silver chloride decoration on clear .
Post by: Baked_Beans on September 22, 2014, 07:19:48 AM

Early goblet with bell-shaped bowl , clear glass with just a drizzling of silver chloride for decoration. This is the plainest piece of Mdina I have seen!  :) 5 3/4 inches tall.

Title: Re: Early shaped Mdina goblet with just silver chloride decoration on clear .
Post by: chopin-liszt on September 22, 2014, 11:20:42 AM

Not a common colourway at all - and most unusual to have the bell shaped bowl on a small goblet!
It's a practical colourway for a goblet, it won't "discolour" the contents.  ;D
The only piece I have in this clear crizzle pattern is a side-striped Lollipop.

Title: Re: Early shaped Mdina goblet with just silver chloride decoration on clear .
Post by: Baked_Beans on September 22, 2014, 10:04:23 PM

Thanks Sue, I do use it and its my favorite glass ...cheers..slurp  :)  So it's not drizzled at all  :-X ::)

Title: Re: Early shaped Mdina goblet with just silver chloride decoration on clear .
Post by: chopin-liszt on September 23, 2014, 09:20:50 AM

 ;D
I bet it feels quite good in the hand. Smooth and substantial. Something to quaff from.

Title: Re: Early shaped Mdina goblet with just silver chloride decoration on clear .
Post by: Baked_Beans on September 23, 2014, 09:41:39 AM

Yes, it's great and the flared lip is much more comfortable (and there is no dribbling out of the side of the mouth ...only after five glasses of wine  :-[) . What I love about it is that at different angles you can see a whole blue constellation of finer lines and dots along with the browns and it's like looking at the night sky .  The foot isn't perfectly round and the bowl hasn't been mounted on the stem at exactly the right spot but it doesn't matter to me , it's just a pleasure  ;)

Title: Re: Early shaped Mdina goblet with just silver chloride decoration on clear .
Post by: glassobsessed on September 23, 2014, 09:57:08 AM

That hand made aspect gives it the charm and appeal for me, someone has sweated over making it (probably literally) rather than just pushing a button to start a production line.

Good shape.

John

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