Cobalt Glass Goblet – The Twenty Fifth Anniversary of the Jewish National Fund – Designed by Andries Copier and ...

Cobalt Glass Goblet – The Twenty Fifth Anniversary of the Jewish National Fund – Designed by Andries Copier and Joseph Budko – Holland, 1926/1927
Cobalt glass goblet designed by Andries Dirk Copier, produced by "Leerdam Glasfabriek", bearing the logo of the Jewish National Fund twenty fifth anniversary designed by Joseph Budko. Leerdam, Holland, 1926/1927.
Cobalt blue glass, incised and filled in with silver.
Cobalt blue glass commemorative goblet engraved with the logo of the Jewish National Fund twenty fifth anniversary – three stalks of grain encircled by the inscription "Jewish national Fund, 1902-1927, Twenty Fifth Anniversary" (Hebrew). The goblet was designed by Dutch artist Andries Dirk Copier and made in the glass factory in Leerdam, Holland. Signed on the base "CL".
Made for the twenty fifth anniversary of the Jewish National Fund in Holland, these goblets were awarded as a token of appreciation to the major donors of the Fund. The Jewish weekly "De Vrijdagavond, Joodsch weekblad" mentions them in an article from March 11, 1927 (accompanied by a photograph of the goblet), noting that the logo was designed by Joseph Budko. The same logo appears on additional souvenirs and publications related to the twenty fifth anniversary of the Jewish National Fund, although not with the designer's name.
Andries Dirk Copier (1901-1991) was among the most prolific glass designers working for the Royal Dutch Glassworks in Leerdam, the Netherlands. He studied at the Utrecht School of Graphic Art and at the Rotterdam Academy and was a pioneer of new techniques, shapes colors and decorations.
Height: 12.5 cm. Diameter of rim: 9 cm. Good condition. Minor losses to silvering.
For an identical goblet, see Sotheby's auction, April 17, 2001. Lot no. 202.