Neil Wilkin Large Studio Glass Goblet with Blue Bowl c.1980s

This is a handsome and unusual example of a piece of early Neil Wilkin studio glass, probably dating to his time in Bath and Frome during the 1980s and 1990s.

The goblet has a capacious rounded bowl made from an almost opalescent pale blue glass. There is a small area of undissolved pigment or possibly frit (see pictures) in the bowl. It has an applied dark red rim. There is a thick, uneven discoid collar at the junction of the bowl and the elongated cylindrical stem. There is an incised mark at the junction of the stem and the plain, flat foot. This has a central rough pontil and is unmarked. The foot is very slightly uneven so it does have a minor wobble in certain areas.

I believe that the uneven foot and the frit or undissolved pigment in the bowl would have rendered this piece a ‘seconds’.

It has a height of 23.1cm, with a diameter across the rim of 10.1cm and across the foot of about 9.0cm.

It has a liquid capacity (to the brim) of 360ml.

It has an unwrapped weight of 360g.

It is in excellent condition, with no chips or cracks, although there are some scratches to the underside of the foot commensurate with use.