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<p>[QUOTE="Marie Forjan, post: 9607175, member: 147"]This is the caption translated to english:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Revenge inkwell </i></p><p><i>These purely decorative inkwells are a real technical feat. The ink reservoir, made from blown, colored glass, is in the shape of a goblet. The goblet is then encased in thick, transparent glass, which is cooled and then carved into more or less complex patterns. The colored glass symbolizes the ink and the goblet is a reference to the glassblowing profession. According to tradition, the word revenge refers to the superiority of the glassmakers’ technical dexterity over intellectual knowledge. These so-called revenge inkwells have never held any ink.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marie Forjan, post: 9607175, member: 147"]This is the caption translated to english: [I]Revenge inkwell These purely decorative inkwells are a real technical feat. The ink reservoir, made from blown, colored glass, is in the shape of a goblet. The goblet is then encased in thick, transparent glass, which is cooled and then carved into more or less complex patterns. The colored glass symbolizes the ink and the goblet is a reference to the glassblowing profession. According to tradition, the word revenge refers to the superiority of the glassmakers’ technical dexterity over intellectual knowledge. These so-called revenge inkwells have never held any ink.[/I][/QUOTE]
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