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goblet

Object NameCovered Goblet

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Date1720-1750

Place MadeGermany, Hessia

Techniqueblown, cut, engraved

Size(a&b) H: 33.3 cm; (a) H: 24.2 cm, Rim Diam: 9.2 cm, Foor Diam: 11.3 cm; (b) H:10.0 cm, Rim Diam: 10.9 cm, Foot Diam: 8.2 cm

Accession Number67.3.44

Credit LineGift of Mr. Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. (a) Ovoid bowl with thick base; engraved continuous landscape, with a walled city, hills and fields, with a windmill; inscribed above "Salus Patria" with a hand emerging from the clouds, sprinkling flowers from a cornucopia on the city; cut chevrons at the base of the bowl; multiple air beads in the bottom of the bowl; diamond- faceted stem, composed of a ball knop over an inverted baluster, with large air bubbles in each; domed foot with cut facets on top; folded rim; rough pontil mark. (b) Domed form with cut panels on top; folded rim, inset brim; faceted baluster finial; rough pontil mark inside.
Provenance

Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978)