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Object NameGoblet with Portrait of Maximilian II

Engraver Johann Wolfgang Schmidt

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1690

TechniqueBlown, engraved

SizeOverall H: 34.9 cm; Rim Diam: 12.5 cm; Foot Diam: 16.7 cm

Accession Number79.3.158

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

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

Place Made

Germany, Nuremberg

Physical DescriptionGoblet with Portrait of Maximilian II. Colorless non-lead glass; blown, engraved. Large bowl with tapered, straight sides and rounded bottom; elaborately engraved decoration covering the bowl, with a bust-length portrait of a man wearing a long, curly wig, facing dexter; wearing armor, a bow tied at his shoulder; within an oval frame formed of bound laurel, tied with a ribbon; a crowned coat of arms (of Bavaria) at the bottom of the oval; a continuous landscape around the remainder of the bowl, with a large battle scene of mounted horsemen between large trees; a small city in the distance on two sides; inscribed "I W Schmidt/1690" in diamond point, to the right of the portrait frame; tall stem with multiple knopping: three mereses above a tubular section, three mereses, a hollow ball knop, three mereses, a tubular section, three mereses, a slender hollow inverted baluster, and three mereses at the base; large, circular foot with folded rim; rough pontil mark.
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