goblet

Object NameGoblet

Maker Imperial Glassworks (Russia, 1777-1917)

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1740-1750

Techniqueblown, cut, engraved

SizeOverall H: 25.2 cm; Rim Diam: 10.8 cm; Foot Diam: 11.7 cm

Accession Number79.3.568

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Place Made

possibly Russia; possibly Saxony

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. Large, straight-sided, round-funnel bowl; engraved matte valance border with polished oval facets; engraved crowned oval panel bearing a bust-length portrait of a woman facing sinister, framed with scrolls, putto at the left, holding a banner bearing a double- headed crowned eagle, at the right, a trophy of arms; on the reverse, a slanted oval bearing the interlaced monogram "EP1", with scroll frame, and a winged putto pointing toward the portrait panel, rococo scrolls with foliage between; the base of the bowl with circular, rounded square, and diamond facets; multiple air beads, in a ring of six encircling one, in the base of the bowl; hollow stem composed of an oval-faceted flattened knop, a cell-faceted flattened knop, and a panel-faceted inverted baluster; trumpet foot; thick pontil wad.
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