goblet
Object NameGoblet with Abbot's Coat of Arms
Made FromNon-lead glass
Dateabout 1700
Place Madeprobably Southern Bohemia (glass); Germany, Nuremberg (engraved)
Techniqueblown, engraved
SizeOverall H: 27.1 cm; Rim Diam: 10.4 cm; Foot Diam: 13 cm
Accession Number79.3.268
Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, engraved. Large, tapered, straight-sided bowl with rounded base; engraved decoration of a three-part coat of arms, one oval panel depicting Mary and Christ, another a crowned, two tailed lion rampant, and the third quartered with men holding fish, alternating with shields of bends sinister with three arrows, crowned with an Episcopal miter and staff; flanked with crossed grape vine sprays; on the reverse a doe and stag standing in the landscape, with the sun above, and trees on either side, one with two peacocks in the branches; tall stem composed of a merese, a capstan, flattened ball knop, double merese, capstan, hollow ball with nipt ribbing, double merese, capstan, flattened ball, merese, and capstan; circular foot with folded rim; rough pontil mark.Provenance
Source
Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
