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goblet

Object NameCovered Goblet

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1725-1735

Place MadeGermany, Potsdam

TechniqueBlown, cut

SizeOverall H: 26.9 cm; Rim Diam: 9.2 cm; Foot Diam: 9 cm

Accession Number79.3.318

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

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

Making Marvels: Science and Splendor at the Courts of Europe

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionGoblet featuring tapered bowl with rounded base; groove below rim; panel cutting above two bands of cut rounded ribs. Tapered short segment above panel-cut ovoid knop with oval facets, and straight section below. Blown foot with cut panels and rounded ribs; polished pontil mark. Domed cover has rounded sides and tapered inset flange, cut rounded ribs on top, and panel-cut ovoid finial with oval facets.
Provenance

Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978)