goblet

Object NameGoblet

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1700-1730

TechniqueFree-blown, tooled, cut, engraved

SizeOverall H: 20.3 cm; Rim Diam (max): 8.9 cm; Foot Diam (max): 8.2 cm

Accession Number51.3.273

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Czechoslovak & Italian Glass

Place Made

Germany; probably Silesia

Physical DescriptionGoblet. Clear glass with few bubbles and impurities; free-blown, tooled, cut and engraved. Plain conical foot with pontil mark supports a double inverted baluster stem, followed by a flat knob and two disks on which tall funnel bowl rests; upper baluster has red slightly twisted ribbons; cut ovals on top of first baluster, upper baluster cut in facets, bottom of bowl cut in short flutes, surrounded by arches and separated by spikes and dots; engraved decoration covers bowl above flutes: upper part shows heart-like festoons consisting of bands (Bandelwerk), plants and grapes, lower part has a frieze of large volutes, consisting of bands and ending in leaves, together with plants and dots; a ring below rim.
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