goblet

Object NameGoblet

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1740-1760

Techniqueblown, cut, engraved

SizeH: 19.9 cm; D(rim): 8.5 cm, (foot): 8.5 cm

Accession Number79.3.365

Credit LineGift of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Place Made

England (glass); Holland (engraved)

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. Large round funnel bowl, engraved with a continuous scene of whale fishing, a large three-masted ship with men in the process of cutting and rendering a whale, with three other ships nearby, and with a long boat with six men on board, one of whom is preparing to throw a harpoon into a whale; relief-cut band of leaves and a band of circular cut facets below the scene; stem composed of a small ball knop, a disk knop, a ball knop, an angular knop, and a basal ball knop; domed and folded foot with rough pontil mark; white painted number "1424" on the pontil mark.
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