Sculptors Workshop Graeme Anthony Smaug The Dragon Pewter Goblet c1992 Signed

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Seller: alicesinstylecollectables ✉️ (9,809) 100%, Location: Wetherill Park, NSW, AU, Ships to: WORLDWIDE, Item: 295403153791 Sculptors Workshop Graeme Anthony Smaug The Dragon Pewter Goblet c1992 Signed.

This is a Smaug Goblet - created by Graeme Anthony in 1992 before his designs were made in collaboration with Royal Selangor. A finely detailed depiction of Smaug forms the stem of the goblet, with his long dragon's tail edging the foot. In a mighty display of power and strength, Smaug carries the cup upon his shoulders with his huge bat-like wings curving up around the cup. Graeme started his sculpting career creating chess sets carved from white porcelain clay which were then fired in his homemade kiln. He then progressed to press moulding clay pieces and slip casting. Frustrated by the limits to detail reproduction imposed by clay he moved on to, and was a pioneer in, the early development of polyester resin casting. He designed and sculpted a range of 5 mediaeval theme chess sets and was the first developer of what is now termed “cold cast”metal. In 1978 he started experimenting with metal castings and released his first all metal chess set in 1979. These early sets were all themed sets and included 5 mediaeval sets, an Asterix set, a Wizard of Id set and an Alice in Wonderland set. In 1981 he designed and carved his first War of the Rings Chess set as well as a huge range of dragons, elves, trolls, imps etc. In 1982 he produced his first Lord of the Rings pewter goblet master cast but it took over 5 years to perfect its casting reproduction. This first goblet was Smaug which proved hugely successful and led to the large range of Rings inspired goblets that were developed over the next 15 years. From 1988 to 1996 he developed a large successful range of pewter goblets, pewter and glass vessels, picture frames, chess sets, fantasy figurines, dragons and comic characters. His designs were hand cast in lead-free Australian pewter by Sculptors Workshop, Melbourne, Australia. Demand became greater than production capacity so Sculptors Workshop formed a joint venture company with Royal Selangor International in 1996. This new company, Sculptors Dream, took over the manufacture of his creative output and its distribution worldwide. Graeme took back the Australian component of the company in 2010 and is still sculpting and creating and selling his art works from his studio in Fish Creek, Victoria Australia.

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  • Condition: Used
  • Condition: Excellent unused condition without the original packaging
  • Designer: Dr G J Anthony
  • Product Type: Goblet
  • Era: 1990s
  • Signed: Yes
  • Theme: Lord of the Rings
  • Country of Manufacture: Australia
  • MPN: Smaug
  • Material: Australian Lead-free Pewter
  • Genre: Fantasy
  • Feature: Hand Cast
  • Modified Item: No
  • Name: Smaug

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