goblet

Object NameGoblet

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1500-1599

Techniqueblown, pattern-molded, gilded

SizeH: 17.3 cm, diam (rim): 6.9 cm, D (foot): 7.6 cm

Accession Number79.3.492

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Place Made

probably Austria, Innsbruck; possibly Italy

Physical DescriptionColorless (dark grey) non-lead glass; blown, pattern-molded, gilded. Cylindrical bowl with folded flange at base; stem consisting of a merese at top, a flattened knop, a small true baluster, a gilded, ribbed knop, and a true baluster; folded foot, rough pontil mark.

cf. a goblet in Prague (Museum of Decorative Arts, UPM 2582): very similar composition, though different in details of the stem. These two goblets show rather flat foots compared to the glasses with similar bowls and pedestal feet (e.g. 79.3.183; 79.3.226)
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