goblet

Object NameGoblet

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1700

Place MadeBohemia

TechniqueBlown, cut, engraved

SizeOverall H: 16 cm; Rim Diam: 7.6 cm; Foot Diam: 9.7 cm

Accession Number79.3.1100

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

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

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionGoblet. Colorless and transparent ruby-red (possibly gold-ruby) non-lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. Conical, panel-cut bowl with engraved crowned mirror monogram "GSVK" (?) between crossed berried palm fronds; bowl enclosing numerous spiral red bands; disk above a facet-cut inverted baluster stem enclosing multiple spiral red threads; triple collar at the base of the stem; conical foot enclosing multiple spiral red threads; rough pontil mark on the underside; inscribed "84." on the foot.
Provenance

Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978)