goblet
Object NameCovered Goblet
Made FromLead Glass
Date1725-1775
Place MadeScandinavia
Techniquefree-blown, applied tooled parts, cut, engraved
Size(a&b) H: 38.5 cm; (a) H: 23.5 cm; D (rim): 9.5 cm, (foot): 11.4 cm
Accession Number54.3.94
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
East Side Winter Antiques Show
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionCovered Goblet. Clear lead glass with few bubbles; free-blown with applied tooled parts, cut and engraved. (a) Domed foot and pontil mark, stem consisting of a dumb-bell knob, a wide flattened knob, a smaller flattened knob and a double-blade knob which supports the funnel bowl; (b) domed set-in cover with finial consisting of a double disk, an elongated dumb-bell knob and three flattened knobs gradually diminishing in diameter; four ear- shaped loops with crimped back are attached to the dumb-bell knob of the finial; this knob as well as the following knobs towards the top and the knobs of the stem have incorporated blue, red and white spots and threads, the stem has incorporated tears; engraving: on the foot a band of vertical three-pointed panes with design of dots and pinnates, alternating with ovals and dots; the bottom of the bowl shows a similar, smaller band; the freize which covers the bowl has a complicated design; three tondi, alternating with hermae-like female half figures resting on pedestal-like bands, are surrounded by flower- and scroll-ornaments and bordered at the bottom by horizontal panes with dots in squares; they bear one coat-of-arms with a lion walking from right to left and two hunting scenes: a boar- and a deerhunt, both with the hunters horseback riding; above the frieze an architectural ornament band with cartouches above the tondi; on the cover a similar band, again with cartouches showing female heads and scrolls.Provenance
Source
Carlebach Gallery
