English Goblet

Object NameCovered Sweetmeat Goblet

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1750-1760

TechniqueBlown, applied, cut

SizeOverall H: 33.6 cm; Bowl Diam: 15 cm

Accession Number79.2.112

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Curiosities of Glassmaking

Place Made

England

Physical DescriptionCovered Sweetmeat Goblet. Transparent dark blue lead glass; blown, applied, cut. (a) Cup-shaped bowl, with cut, rounded panels extending to rim, above a row of cut ovals and three rows of cut diamonds, with rounded panels at base; straight, panel-cut and notched stem; facet-cut foot with a row of ovals at rim; rim cut in a series of cyma curves; polished pontil mark on underside; (b) domed cover with petal cutting below an angular, panel-cut finial, with a series of triangular facets and cut rounded panels at rounded rim; inset flange..
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