goblet

Object NameGoblet

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1730-1740

Techniqueblown, cut, engraved

SizeOverall H: 22.5 cm; Rim Diam: 9.6 cm; Foot Diam: 10.8 cm

Accession Number79.3.285

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass, Ancient to Modern, from the Strauss Collections

Engraved Glass of Western Europe

Place Made

Silesia

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. Thistle-shaped bowl, the upper straight section decorated with six rounded panels, each covered with an engraved scene: a naked child holds a crowned shield inscribed "FR", a shepherd stands before a woman playing a mandolin, two nude children embracing (one holding a palm frond, the other a sword and scales), a man and woman embracing (with a mandolin and sheep alongside), a naked child holding a crowned shield with engraved crowned eagle, and a woman playing a harp; band of triangular faceting below; bulbous base decorated with cut rounded flutes and scallops, faceted band, and a band of polished circles; stem composed of a faceted disk above an inverted baluster with cut ovals, scallops, and paneling, with a disk at the base; circular foot with cut oval faceting on bottom and engraved triangles on top at the rim; no pontil mark.
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