goblet
Object NameGoblet
Made FromGlass
Date1730-1740
Place MadeBohemia
TechniqueFree-blown, cut, gold- and silver-leaf decoration
SizeH: 21 cm; D (rim): 7.9 cm, (foot): 9.4 cm
Accession Number56.3.89
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionClear glass with minute bubbles; free-blown and cut, with sandwiched enameled gold- and silver-leaf decoration ("Zwischengold glas"). Spreading foot with slight pontil mark, stemmed inverted baluster stem surmounted by a solid flattened and cushioned knop, deep funnel bowl; bowl is paneled except for bottom, knop and upper baluster are faceted, lower baluster is paneled, ring of ovals alternating with notches on foot; bowl walled and cemented below rim - with rim section belonging to inner bowl -, containing a bear hunt with two hunters (one mounted on a horse), three dogs and one bear in multicolored (red, green, brown) enamel on silver-foil, gold foil ornamental border below rim, acanthus wreath around lower bowl and a square formed by acanthus and central checker board motif at bottom of bowl.Provenance
Source
Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne
- 1956
