Pepitaglas with outward foot from Holmegaard Glassworks
Pepitaglas from Holmegaard Glasswork.
The model is shown for the first time in the 1867 catalog.
Height 6.7 cm.
Pepita de Oliva was a Spanish ballet dancer who visited Copenhagen in 1858 and caused a lot of attention.
It may be that the copenhagens citizens was fascinated by her Southern Italian being, that she was a woman and had traveled Europe and of course, not least her ability as a ballet dancer.
Several Danish glassworks produced items named after her, among other things flasks with her inside as a figure and these egg-shaped liqueurs or schnapps glasses.
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