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goblet

Object NameGoblet

Engraver Hermann Schwinger (German, 1640-1683)

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1675-1680

Place MadeNuremberg

Techniqueblown, engraved

SizeH: 31 cm; D(rim): 11.7 cm, (foot): 15.4 cm

Accession Number79.3.167

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection

Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal-Gold Ruby, 1650–1750

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionGoblet. Colorless non-lead glass; blown, engraved. Large bucket bowl with rounded base; elaborately engraved trophies of arms on either side, flanked by crossed palm fronds, with crowned coats of arms between: one, with fleur-de-lis and wheel and the initials "H./C.F." above, the other with a crowned mermaid with two tails and the initials "H./P.A.R." above, both flanked by crossed palm fronds; inscribed "Herman Schwinger." between and below one trophy and the "H./P.A.R." arms to the right; tall stem composed of two discs, hollow flattened ball knop, two discs, cylindrical section, two discs, hollow inverted baluster, and two discs; large circular foot with folded rim and engraved ring of leaves and berries; rough pontil mark.
Provenance

Former Collection Alexander Scholler

Former Collection Viktor Schick

Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978)