goblet
Object NameGoblet
Made FromNon-lead glass
Date1600-1699
Place MadeItaly, Venice
TechniqueBlown, diamond-point engraved
SizeOverall H: 16.3 cm; Rim Diam: 8.9 cm
Accession Number79.3.421
Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionGoblet. Colorless, translucent blue. Blown; diamond-point engraved. Facon de Venise. Conical bowl with fire-polished rim, attached with glue-bit to blown stem with ball knop over conical knop; joined with glue-bit [capstan?] to shallow, blown foot with infolded rim and pontil mark. Bowl is made of translucent blue glass and decorated with diamond-point engraved representations of bird and tulip in panels flanked by leafy branches; foot is decorated with leafy branches.Provenance
Former Collection
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1979
Source
Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
- 1979
