goblet

Object NameCovered Goblet

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Dateabout 1690-1700

TechniqueBlown, mold-blown, engraved

SizeOverall H: 29.4 cm; (a) Goblet H: 21.5 cm; (b) Cover H: 8.7 cm, Diam: 9.9 cm

Accession Number79.3.1095

Credit LineGift of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

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

Place Made

Bohemia

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, mold-blown, engraved. (a) Cup- shaped bowl with spiked gadrooning at the base; band of engraving above: two men with walking sticks, several buildings, and trees; inscribed "VIVAT/dem Herren" on the reverse; tall stem composed of two disks above a true baluster, two ball knops, an inverted baluster, two disks, and a basal flattened ball knop; folded foot; rough pontil mark. (b) Domed shape with spiked gadrooning; folded rim, inset brim; finial composed of a pear-shaped knop, a flattened ball knop, and two disks; rough pontil mark.
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