goblet

Object NameOdd Fellows Goblet

Maker New England Glass Company (1818-1878)

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1860-1870

Place MadeUnited States, MA, Cambridge

Techniqueblown, overlaid, engraved

SizeOverall H: 20.7 cm; Rim Diam: 11.4 cm; Foot Diam: 11.8 cm

Accession Number94.4.159

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless, red lead glass; blown, engraved. Ovoid bowl, colorless glass overlaid with red, engraved with a woman suckling two children, a face in a sun above a hand with a heart on the palm, a crescent moon with a vase above a bow and arrows, three columns above a three-link chain and an axe, a bundle of rods and an open book, a coffin and skull and crossbones above and hourglass, all surrounded with grapevines and leaves, above cut panels, applied baluster stem, overlaid and cut in panels, applied flat circular foot, also overlaid on the base and cut in rays, with a notched foot rim.
Provenance

Source Howell E. Russell - 1994-07-22

Source Mrs. Howell E. Russell - 1994-07-22