goblet

Object NameHunting Goblet

Made FromGlass, Enamel, Gilding

Date1597

Place MadeBohemia

TechniqueFree-blown, enameled, gilded

SizeOverall H: 27.4 cm; Rim Diam: 9 cm; Foot Diam: 10.9 cm

Accession Number57.3.94

Credit LineGift of Edwin J. Beinecke

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Title Unknown (Schlossmuseum des Marktes Murnau)

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionTransparent, deep blue very bubbly glass with impurities; wear marks at base; free-blown, enameled and gilded. High pedestal foot with underfolded rim and rough pontil mark (?), cushioned knop, conical stepped lower body increasing in diameter towards upper third to become plain and to taper towards slightly flaring rim; the lower part of the body has apparently been patterned in a stepped mold (6 ribs); enamel decoration: on the upper plain section of the body a hunting scene, taking place on a slightly hilly strip of grass, with large grass tufts; a hunter in a brown coat with a spear over his right shoulder, is proceeding to the left with a white dog on a leash, before him another dog attacking a bear followed by another dog attacking a hare; above the scene: "ANNO 1597"; each of the ribs on the lower body bears a red and a yellow line; gilded band below rim, accompanied by two rows of white dots; on the foot an old catalogue number in red: "Lg 293".
Provenance

Former Collection William Randolph Hearst
Data transcribed from original inventory catalogue.

Former Collection Reichenheim-Oppenheim
Data transcribed from original inventory catalogue.

Former Collection Margarate Oppenheim
Data transcribed from original inventory catalogue.

Source Edwin J. Beinecke (d. 1957)