goblet

Object NameGoblet with Cover

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1625

Place MadeGermany, Saxony-Anhalt, Dessau

TechniqueBlown, engraved

SizeOverall H: 29.1 cm, Diam: 9.6 cm

Accession Number79.3.304

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Beyond Venice: Glass in Venetian Style, 1500-1750

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

The tall conical bowl is diamond-point engraved with a formal scroll border above a narrow band that is inscribed "GOT . IST . MEIN . TROST . 1625." (God is my comfort). The Venetian master Ludovico Savonetti, who was related to the glassworkers Salvatore and Bastian or Sebastiano Savonetti, first worked for Archduke Ferdinand at the court glasshouse in Innsbruck. In 1579, he was employed in Vienna. Later that year, he moved on to open a Venetian-style glasshouse in Dessau. The covered goblet, which may have been made at the Dessau glasshouse, is made of potash glass.

Physical DescriptionTransparent olive green non-lead glass; blown, diamond-engraved. Tall conical bowl (a) with diamond-point engraved decoration: formal scroll border above a narrow band with inscription above a band divided into four panels, two with palmettes, two with formal daisies; a band with spiral decoration below, and a formal scrollwork border beneath; hollow inverted baluster stem with disks at top and bottom; thin, spreading foot. Cover (b): flat, circular shape, trailed rim, tapered brim; top with three concentric diamond-point engraved bands; delicate finial composed of a ball knop above a thin baluster and two swelling knops at the base.
Provenance

Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation - 1979

Former Collection Frederick Neuberg

Former Collection Schloss Dessau

Former Collection Anhalt Family