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goblet

Object NameGoblet

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1710-1730; 1850

Place MadeBohemia

Techniqueblown, cut, engraved

SizeOverall H: 17.1 cm; Rim Diam: 9.5 cm; Foot Diam: 11.2 cm

Accession Number79.3.1057

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless, transparent red, and gold-flecked non-lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. Conical, panel-cut bowl with engraved male portrait, facing right, wearing a tricorn hat, inscribed "Vivat es lebe der Konig von Preussen", in a beaded oval panel; elaborately engraved scrolled frame with baldachin, swags of flowers, fruit and leaves filling the reverse; oval facets at the base of the bowl, two disks above a faceted inverted baluster stem enclosing spiral red and gold-flecked red threads; spreading base; disk foot with engraved foliate scrolls; rough pontil mark.
Provenance

Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation