Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Goblet: Crystal Optic Double With Pink Yarn Ball Stem And Dots, Blue Lip Wrap

Artist Fritz Dreisbach (American, b. 1941)

CultureAmerican

Date1989

MediumBlown pattern-molded glass with hot applications

DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. (24.1 x 8.6 cm)

InscribedInscribed in diamond-point: c Fritz Dreisbach 1989

Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Lawrence and Anne Fleder, Richard and Beth Diamonstein, and Jamie and Carol Diamonstein in honor of the 40th wedding anniversary of Arthur and Renée Diamonstein

Object number95.25

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Warehouse (BSW), Bay01, Rge10 Unit088-Sh01

DescriptionThe goblet is a double-ended, reversible goblet of blown and tooled glass with two pattern molded, ribbed, colorless bowls ornamented with opaque, blue threading at and near their lips (one bowl conical for champagne, the other hemispheric for cognac); the bowls are connected by a light ruby spherical knop ornamented with colorless threading giving a "yarn ball" effect; two single handle-like projections consisting of a colorless, vertical ring and tail ornamented in blue, one placed at the top of the "yarn ball" and the other opposite it at the bottom.

Label TextFritz Dreisbach American, b. 1941 Goblet, 1989 Blown pattern-molded glass with hot applications Museum purchase with funds donated by Lawrence and Anne Fleder, Richard and Beth Diamonstein, and Jamie and Carol Diamonstein in honor of the 40th wedding anniversary of Arthur and Renée Diamonstein 95.25 Exhibition HistoryThis goblet was previously on display in the Maurine Littleton Gallery. "Treasures for the Community: The Chrysler Collects, 1989-1996," October 25, 1996 - March 2, 1997