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fish of core-made glass

green glass enameled goblet

Venetian glass ewer

Kurfürstenhumpen (electors beaker)

glass goblet; diamond-point engraving

Tiffany Studios: Landscape window

glass vases from Finland

Figure 212: An example of diatreta (cage cups), perhaps made for a Greek living in the Rhineland, 3rd to 4th century AD. In the Romisch-Germanisches Museum, Cologne. Height 12.1 cm.

Figure 214: Bottle of enamelled and gilt glass decorated withChinese motifs and an inscription in Kufic lettering praising anunknown sultan, Syrian, Mamluk period, c. 1300. In the Victoria andAlbert M

Figure 220: Humpen (enamelled drinking vessels), German, 17th century. (Left) Tankard decorated with a representation of the Trinity. Height 30 cm. (Right) Reichsadlerhumpen, decorated with the imperi

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Eva Zeisel

Hungarian American designer and ceramicist

Louis Comfort Tiffany

Louis Comfort Tiffany

American designer

Vase with relief decoration by Émile Gallé, c. 1895; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Émile Gallé

French glass designer

René Lalique: hair ornament and brooch

René Lalique

French jeweler

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Antonio Salviati

Italian glassmaker

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Maurice Marinot

French glassmaker

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Benjamin Richardson

British glassmaker

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Paolo Venini

Italian glassmaker