goblet

Object NameGoblet

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1720-1740

Place MadeBohemia

Techniqueblown, engraved

SizeH: 22.2 cm; D (rim): 9 cm, (foot): 10.2 cm

Accession Number79.3.619

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless and transparent dark red glasses; blown, engraved. Tall, tapered, straight-sided bowl with rounded base, formed of two bubbles, one atop the other; engraved foliate scrolls and birds cover both bowls; stem composed of two mereses above a flattened ball knop, an inverted baluster containing multiple spirally-twisted red threads, swelling to a disk, above a capstan; circular foot with engraved foliate wreath on the upper side; rough pontil mark.
Provenance

Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation - 1979

Former Collection Viktor Schick