goblet
Object NameGoblet
Maker
Imperial Glassworks
(Russia, 1777-1917)
Made FromNon-lead glass
Date1740-1750
Place Madepossibly Russia; possibly Saxony
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)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
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.Provenance
Source
Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
- 1979
Former Collection
Rosenback Collection
Former Collection
Princess Paley
