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American Goblet

Object NameCovered Goblet Engraved with Continent of America

Makerprobably Glücksburg Glasshouse

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1710-1725

Place MadeGermany, Saxony

TechniqueBlown, cut, engraved

SizeOverall H: 44.0 cm; Foot Diam: 16.5 cm

Accession Number99.3.37 C

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal-Gold Ruby, 1650–1750

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

This goblet comes from the property of the princes of Oettingen-Wallerstein, a family documented in Germany since 1141.

Physical DescriptionCovered Goblet Engraved with Continent of America. Colorless glass, blown, cut, engraved. Covered goblet, the baluster stem, base of the bowl and finial of the lid cut, and the bowl engraved with allegory of the American Continent after 16th century design.
Provenance

Source Gertrud Rudigier-Ruckert - 1999-11-23