goblet

Object NameWinged Goblet

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1670-1729

Place Madeprobably Germany; probably Netherlands

TechniqueBlown, cane-work, applied

SizeOverall H: 27.6 cm; Rim Diam (max): 8.9 cm; Foot Diam (max): 11.4 cm

Accession Number50.3.56

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Masterpieces of Germanic Glass, 15th-19th centuries

East Side Winter Antiques Show

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionWinged Goblet. Colorless glass with slight greenish tinge, red and white canes, and aqua blue applications; bubbles, seeds, few refractory inclusions; blown, cane-work, applied. Conical bowl with furnace-opened rim and rounded base, joined to stem with merese and large avolio. Attached, twisted cane with two rods of white glass and one of opaque red glass, arranged in eight loops within a triangular field with rounded edges; applied blue trail on sides, pincered with a patterned tool into corrugated fins, crests, and beaks. Joined with second tall avolio to blown foot with infolded edge and rough pontil mark.
Provenance

Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978) - 1950-11-22