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goblet

Object NameGoblet with Cover

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1875-1899

Place MadeBohemia

SizeOverall H: 99 cm

Accession Number69.3.80 A

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Feld

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

The Fragile Art: Extraordinary Objects from The Corning Museum of Glass

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionTransparent dark green non-lead glass; blown, mold-blown, cut, engraved. (a) Large, bell-shaped bowl; polished, flat rim; the sides deeply engraved with a continuous woodland scene, with two stags and a doe leaping (to the right) over rocks, with trees and heavy undergrowth in the background; cut panels at the base of the bowl; heavy stem, with rounded section above a flared true baluster knop, panel-cut and faceted, a faceted flattened ball knop, and a panel-cut and faceted exaggerated true baluster at the base of the stem; thick foot, with panel-cut disk above the panel- and petal-cut rim; polished, flat bottom. (b) Complex, domed shape, with elaborate finial; the top of the finial flared, and panel-cut, with pointed tip; waisted, panel-cut section below; the cover mold-blown, and hollow throughout, with a flattened, panel-cut section at top, above a waisted section ending in a ledge, above a bulbous section with deeply engraved continuous woodland scene, with two stags and a doe running to the right, rocks, trees, and bushes; waisted, panel-cut section below, terminating in a bulbous, panel-cut rim; tapered brim, with polished, flat edge.
Provenance

Source Samuel B. Feld - 1969

Source Maude B. Feld (1901-1995) - 1969