goblet

Object NameCovered Goblet

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Dateabout 1750-1760

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)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection

Engraved Glass of Western Europe

Place Made

Europe

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.
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