goblet

Object NameGoblet

Made FromLead glass, sulphide

Dateabout 1830-1850

Techniqueblown, cut, encased, molded sulphides

SizeOverall H: 16.8 cm, Diam: 9.6 cm

Accession Number84.3.203

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

probably France

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; blown, cut, encased, molded sulphide. Ovoid bowl; cut plain rim; sides covered with intersecting arcs forming rounded ovals and rounded arcs on the sides, and with applied cut octagonal panels on the front and back, one enclosing the molded sulphide of a man's head, facing sinister, wearing an oak leaf and acorn wreath, the other with a female head, facing dexter, with upswept hair; cut groove below, with a band of cut panels at the base; stem with panel- cut waisted section at the top, above a tapered, straight-sided, paneled section; thick conical foot with cut star on the underside; oval paper label inscribed "22" in ink on the inside of the bowl behind the woman's head.
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