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goblet

Object NameCovered Goblet

Maker Elias Rosbach

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1740-1750

Place MadeGermany, Brandenburg

Techniqueblown, cut, engraved, gilt

Size(a,b) H: 33.7 cm; (a) H: 21.2 cm, D(rim): 10.1 cm, (foot): 11.4 cm, (b) H: 13.6 cm, D: 11.3 cm

Accession Number79.3.320

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

One of the coats of arms on this goblet belongs to the Maggi family, which was ennobled before 1703.

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, engraved, gilt. (a) Round funnel bowl with gilt rim and border of polished circular facets; cut ribs and rounded flutes, outlined with gilding at the base of the bowl; engraved conjoined coats of arms on the side; stem composed of a straight section above gilt turned steps, a cut melon-ribbed knop, and a waisted section with cut spiral panels; conical foot with gilt cut oval facets and ribs and rounded fluting outlined with gilding; signed in diamond point script on the foot rim "Rosbach Berlin"; rough pontil mark. (b) Domed shape with cut, tapered, inset flange; cut band of circular facets and gilt band on the side; cut oval gilt facets, rounded flutes and ribbing outlined with gilding on top; finial composed of a part-gilt cut melon-ribbed knop, above a spreading, panel-cut section, gilt at top and bottom, a flattened, cut, melon-ribbed knop and two gilt cut stepped bands and a straight section; rough pontil mark.
Provenance

Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978) - 1979