goblet
Object NameGoblet with Hunting Scene
Made FromNon-lead glass
Dateabout 1700
Place MadeNorthern Bohemia
Techniqueblown, cut, engraved
SizeOverall H: 22.6 cm; Rim Diam: 8.1 cm; Foot Diam: 10.6 cm
Accession Number79.3.626
Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. Bucket bowl with rounded base; engraved inscription below the rim: "IAGEN ' AVF ' GRVNER ' HEYT ' BRINGT ' LVST ' VND ' FREIDT"; long, round- ended panel, below, with engraved scene of a mounted hunter carrying a rifle, following a dog, which is pursuing a stag toward a net; on the reverse, an oval panel with seven polished reducing lenses; oval cut facets at base of the bowl; complex stem consisting of mereses above a flattened knop with cut oval facets, three mereses, a hollow ball knop with all-over hexagonal faceting, two mereses, a quatrefoil ribbed knop, a merese, and a short capstan; circular foot with engraved wreath of flowers and foliage; rough pontil mark.Provenance
Source
Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
- 1979
