goblet

Object NameGoblet

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1680-1700

Place MadeGermany, Nuremberg

Techniqueblown, engraved

SizeOverall H: 29 cm; Rim Diam: 9.6 cm; Foot: 12 cm

Accession Number79.3.205

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Wine: Celebration and Ceremony

Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless and transparent dark green non-lead glasses; blown, engraved. Green glass bucket bowl with rounded base; engraved with a continuous landscape scene, including a representation of Mary Magdalene in the Garden with Christ as the gardener; on the reverse, a female figure with three children, each with a drawn sword; tall colorless stem consisting of three discs above hollow flattened ball knop, three discs, hollow cylindrical section, disk, hollow flattened ball knop, disc, hollow cylindrical section, three discs, hollow inverted baluster, and three discs; green foot with folded rim, and engraved foliate wreath; rough pontil mark.
Provenance

Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation