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Object NameCovered Goblet

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1730-1740

TechniqueBlown, cut, engraved, gilt

Size(a,b) H: 32.3 cm; (a) H: 20.9 cm, D(rim): 9.6 cm; (b) H: 12.2 cm, D(max): 10.6 cm

Accession Number79.3.325

Credit LineGift of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

The monogram is that of Queen Sophie Dorothea (1687–1757), wife of Frederick William I of Prussia. The gilding of the goblet was a Brandenburg specialty.

Place Made

Germany, Brandenburg

Physical DescriptionCovered Goblet. Colorless and transparent dark blue non-lead glass; blown, cut, engraved, gilt. (a) Tapered bowl with gilt rim; border of engraved polished ovals; large blue oval pad with the gilt monogram "SD", framed by gilt engraving of eagles, scrolls, cornucopias, and a crowned eagle; cut rounded panels with gilt borders, nine bubbles in the base of the bowl; stem composed of gilded and faceted ball knop enclosing numerous air bubbles, with tapered, panel-faceted cusps on either side, gilt tapered section below, and a gilt faceted basal ball knop; domed foot with cut rounded panels outlined with gilding; rough pontil mark. (b) Domed shape with rounded sides and cut, tapered, inset flange; cut with rounded panels and facets, with gilt outlines; finial composed of faceted and cusped ball knop matching that on the stem of (a); gilt cylindrical section above, supporting a cut melon-ribbed, gilt finial knop; rough pontil mark.
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