goblet

Object NameGoblet

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1767

Place MadeSilesia

Techniqueblown, cut, engraved

SizeH: 16.2 cm; D (rim): 6.4 cm, (foot): 7.8 cm

Accession Number79.3.1056

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. Tapered, straight-sided bowl with waisted section at the base; panel-cut; engraved female portrait in a beaded circular frame, inscribed "Prinzess/Wilhelmine/de Wurtemberg" above and "1767" below; reverse with engraved basket of flowers above a scrolled plinth with C and S scrolls, lion supporters at either side; scrolled surround with drapery; base of the bowl with cut pointed panels and pointed ovals; stem consisting of a flat disk above a panel-faceted inverted baluster stem, lower one-third not faceted; conical foot.
Provenance

Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation - 1979