goblet

Object NameCovered Goblet

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1680-1700

Place MadeGermany, Nuremberg

TechniqueBlown, engraved

SizeOverall H: 44.6 cm; Rim Diam: 10.7 cm

Accession Number79.3.198

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection

The Fragile Art: Extraordinary Objects from The Corning Museum of Glass

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

Large goblets, engraved with family coats of arms, were proudly displayed in the public reception rooms of castles and palaces.

Physical DescriptionColorless and transparent dark green non-lead glasses; blown, engraved. (a) Large green bucket bowl with rounded base; engraved on one side with an elaborate coat of arms, on the opposite side an elaborately scrolled inscription "Aúgúst dem Held zu Sachssen/muss nie kein Leid zú wachssen"; tall colorless stem composed of two discs above a hollow cylindrical section, two discs, hollow flattened ball, two discs, hollow cylinder, two discs, hollow inverted baluster, and two discs; colorless circular foot with folded rim and engraved foliate wreath; rough pontil mark. (b) Domed green shape with folded rim and inset brim, with engraved wreath of foliage with polished berries; tall colorless finial composed of a berry-prunted hollow inverted baluster, above two discs, hollow flattened ball knop, two discs, hollow cylindrical section, and two discs; rough pontil mark on the inside of the cover.
Provenance

Former Collection Dessau Castle

Former Collection Frederick Neuberg

Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978)