Italian Louis XVI Style Blown Wine Goblets with Gold Rim, 1970, Set of 6

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 artisan manually attached the stem and base to it by heat; when the glass reached a low temperature, the master glassmaker spread a gold chloride pigment mixed with copper on the surface of the glass to achieve the soft red coloring; while the glass was still at a low temperature, a fine gold rocaille pattern was applied to the rim using the gold leaf technique, which was laid on the surface of the glass coated with a fondant, the decorator engraved the leaf with the desired design 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 (color and gold) indelibly with an annealing in the oven; once the glass had cooled completely, it was ground and shaped into the bowl, removing the color 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). The glasses are in excellent condition in fact they were part of an exhibition, so never used. Measurements diameter cm.7, height cm.14.