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Object NameGoblet with Zwischengoldglas Medallions
Made FromNon-lead Glass
Dateabout 1730-1740
Place MadeBohemia; Saxony
Techniqueblown, cut, zwischengold medallions
SizeOverall H: 20.5 cm; Rim Diam: 8.9 cm; Foot Diam: 10.5 cm
Accession Number79.3.296
Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, zwischengold glass medallions. Tall, tapered bowl with rounded base; elaborately engraved scroll-and-foliage frames surrounding two inset oval panels, each decorated in transparent colors with a putto, one holding a sheaf of grain, the other carrying a large bunch of fruit; band of polished oval facets at the base of the bowl; stem composed of an angular merese above a facet-cut flattened knop, a merese, a facet-cut inverted baluster, and a capstan at the base; circular foot with meandering foliate border engraved on the upper surface, and a ring of oval facets alternating with radial lines on the bottom; rough pontil mark.
Provenance
Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation