Vase in the shape of a goblet

Vase in the shape of a large goblet, made of sodium glass, colored in the mass for red wine. Glass with antico elements (air bubbles forced into the glass bubble}. Designed by Stefan Sadowski for the Sudety Crystal Glassworks in Szczytna in the 1970s. Red glass is made of oxides of copper, selenium and gold. Height 25 cm The width of the filler neck is 8.5 cm Base width 8 cmThe first glassworks were established in Szczytna in the Middle Ages and they were the so-called forest smelters. A professional glass-making workshop was established in 1770 in Batorowo. In 1827, the Szczytno estate was purchased by Major Leopold von Hochberg, who expanded the factory operating here. After 1945, many eminent glass artists like Zbigniew Horbowy and Stefan Sadowski, worked for the Szczytna glassworks. The glassworks was closed in 2014 and then dismantled