goblet

Object NameGoblet with a Hunting Scene

Made FromNon-Lead Glass

Dateabout 1660-1670

Place MadeGermany, Nuremberg

TechniqueFree-blown, engraved

SizeOverall H: 28.75 cm to 29.1 cm; Rim Diam: 11 cm; Foot Diam: 14 cm

Accession Number50.3.25

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionGoblet with a Hunting Scene. Colorless non-lead glass; free-blown and engraved. Broad bowl with straight sides spreading slightly from rounded bottom; applied composite multi-knop stem -- stemmed triple-blade knop, hollow ball knop between triple-blade knops, hollow inverted baluster knop, double blade knop, cushion knop; applied very wide circular foot with narrow underfolded rim; "sculptured" engraving on bowl, band depicting forest, castle in background, boar hunt in foreground (figures polished enough to make a smooth surface without destroying the matte finish); on foot, oval-bead circlet within feathery wreath of leaves and berries.
Provenance

Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978) - 1950-08-10

Former Collection Duke of Connaught