goblet

Object NameGoblet

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Dateabout 1730

Place MadeGermany

Techniqueblown, engraved

SizeH: 22.2 cm; D (rim): 9.3 cm, (foot): 10.7 cm

Accession Number79.3.902

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, engraved. Large, bell-shaped or thistle bowl with band of polished circles below the rim; the sides richly engraved, a crowned circular reserve with scrolled framing, enclosing a shield with coat of arms demi-eagle and bends (arms of the city of Nuremberg); joined with floral swags to a minor monogram "MJ" in a crowned circular panel with scrolled framing; engraved cross-hatched band with pendants below; base of bowl solid, enclosing nine air bubbles, arranged in a circle of eight around a single bubble; stem composed of a flattened disk above a large inverted baluster enclosing multiple air beads; conical foot with engraved panels of diapering, scrolls, and stylized flowers on the upper surface; rough pontil mark.
Provenance

Former Collection Jerome Strauss (1893-1978)

Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation