goblet
Object NameGoblet
Engraverpossibly
Casper Kreutzburg
Made FromGlass
Date1675-1699
Place MadeGermany, possibly Thuringia
TechniqueBlown, engraved
SizeOverall H: 24.5 cm; Rim Diam: 10 cm; Foot Diam: 11.6 cm
Accession Number88.3.46
Credit LineGift in memory of Paula Sophie Niese Sieker by her daughter Elise Julia Sieker Walker and Family
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal-Gold Ruby, 1650–1750
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless, non-lead Glass; blown, engraved. Large ovoid bowl; copper-wheel engraved with a calligraphic inscription, "Unusquisq(ue) Fortuna sua faber" (Everyone is the smith of his own fortune); tall stem composed of multiple knops, with two sets of three sharp mereses, above a hollow flattened ball knop, another triple-merese knop, a squat hollow baluster knop, and another triple-disk merese at the bottom; spreading, circular foot with folded rim; engraved wreath of foliage encircling the foot; rough pontil mark.Provenance
Former Collection
Elise Julia Sieker Walker
Source
Mrs. Warren Walker
