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Object NameAgatine Goblet

FactoryProbably Glassworks of the Count of Buquoy

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1834-1845

Techniquemold-blown, cut, gilded

SizeOverall H: 19 cm; Foot Diam: 9.3 cm

Accession Number91.3.97

Credit LineGift of Mrs. K. F. Landegger

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

The Tradition of the Avant-Garde: Bohemian Glass 1820-1935

Curiosities of Glassmaking

Place Made

Southern Bohemia, possibly Jiretin pod Jedlovou (Sankt Georgenthal); Southern Bohemia, possibly Stribrny Vrch (Silberberg)

Physical DescriptionVariegated translucent opalescent purple non-lead glass; mold-blown, cut, gilded. Hollow throughout; large ovoid bowl with elaborately cut decoration forming a polygonal rim, the cutting consisting of a series of panels at the rim, above a series of four elaborate rounded panels containing relief-cut pointed and rounded oval facets; the rim gilded; elaborate triangular panels enclosing gilded scrollwork below the rim; the oval panels outlined with gilding and rounded bands of stylized foliate sprays; a band of gilt strapwork below the panels; a cut recessed band below the bowl, decorated with an elaborate gilded stylized vine border within horizontal lines; a large flared knop below, cut on top and bottom with panels, with a criss-cross border at the edge; cut cylindrical stem below, decorated with a wide gilded foliate border framed with lines; panel-cut, eight-pointed foot, with gilded band of arcs and trefoils; the underside of the foot with polished, raised concave disk in the center.
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