goblet
Object NameCovered Goblet
Made Fromnon-lead glass
Dateabout 1750-1760
Place MadeEurope
Techniqueblown, cut, engraved, gilded
Size(a&b) H: 28.6 cm; (a) H: 21 cm, diam (foot): 9.7 cm (b) H: 8.2 cm, diam: 9.3 cm
Accession Number79.3.512
Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Engraved Glass of Western Europe
Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, engraved, gilded. (a) Bell shape bowl with facet-cut base; gilded rim; engraved decoration of three female standing figures, inscribed above "PAX.JVS.CONCORDIA" and "PVNCTVM" below; on reverse, the Habsburg imperial eagle with arms of Emperor Francis I, with nine coats of arms surrounding it in a ring; inscribed above "CAESAR ET IMPERIVUM"; seven bubbles in base of bowl; facet-cut stem composed of paneled column above inverted baluster; domed and folded foot with ring of cut circular facets; rough pontil mark; (b) dome shape with ring of cut facets; gilded rim; facet-cut baluster finial; rough pontil; inscribed "32" in cream-colored paint on rim.Provenance
Former Collection
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978)
Source
Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
