goblet

Object NameGoblet

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1730-about 1750

Place MadeBohemia

Techniqueblown, cut, zwischengoldglas technique

SizeH: 16.3 cm; D(rim): 8 cm, (foot): 8 cm

Accession Number79.3.240

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, zwischengoldglas technique. Tapered, straight-sided bowl with rounded base, with cut vertical panels on the sides; the bowl double-walled, with decoration of four human figures in tinted silver foil, each figure inscribed: "ASIA" (a nude figure with spear and shield), "EVROPA" (male figure in armor), "AMERICA" (a turbaned male) and "AFRICA" (a black wearing a feather headdress, holding a bow), tinted silver foil scrolls below, foliate medallion with two central diamonds in silver foil inside the bottom; oval facets around the base of the bowl; stem composed of a flattened merese above a facet-cut inverted baluster and disc merese at the bottom; circular foot with a ring of cut ovals on the underside; inscribed "50" in red paint on the underside of the foot.
Provenance

Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978)