goblet
Object NameCovered Goblet
Made Fromnon-lead glass
Date1850-1870
Place Madeprobably Germany; possibly Bohemia
Techniqueblown, cut, stained, engraved
Size(a&b) H: 36.3 cm; (a) H: 22.4 cm, D (rim): 9.6 cm; (b) H: 15.2 cm
Accession Number72.3.70
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Cut Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, stained, engraved. (a) Deep, rounded bowl; sides with copper-red stained rectangular panel with cut corners; engraved representation of Cologne Cathedral, inscribed in Germanic letters: "Der Dom zu Coln in/ seiner Dollendung"; bands of cut swags at top of bowl, hexagons at center, half-ovals at bottom; hexagonal-cut inverted baluster stem, flaring to petal-cut foot; base with cut star and radial ribbing on underside; (b) pagoda shape; hexagonal faceted finial with pointed top, over a paneled, petal-shape, flattened knop and tapered, paneled stem; paneled bulbous top with scalloped edging, above paneled, flared section, ending in a petal-cut rim; cylindrical flange.Provenance
Source
Lempertz Auktion
