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goblet

Object NameGoblet

Manufacturer New Bremen Glass Manufactory

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1792

Place MadeUnited States, MD, Frederick

TechniqueFree-blown, engraved, applied

SizeOverall H: 18 cm; Rim Diam: 10 cm; Foot Diam: 10.25 cm

Accession Number50.4.49

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Amelung Glass: An Exhibition of Wares from New Bremen, Maryland, including pieces attributed to Amelung and some examples of Stiegel, Pittsburgh, Sandwich, etc., 1750-1875

Independence Pursued: 17th and 18th c. American Glass: Amelung

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

The goblet was a gift from Carolina Amelung to her friend, Metha Repold. It is inscribed and dated 1792.

Physical DescriptionGoblet. Non-lead glass, colorless of grayish cast; free-blown and engraved; semi-oviform bowl, applied short stem in form of large inverted baluster with large tear, applied domed foot with plain rim, rough pontil mark; engraved decoration: on one side in script, "C. Amelung" within a typical Amelung floral and foliated wreath, and, on the other, in two lines in script, "Metha Repold d. 16. Octo. 1792" within elaborate wreath with floral, grain, leaf and scroll motifs.
Provenance

Source George S. McKearin (b. 1874) - 1942-1950-07-31

Former Collection Margaret B. Waesche - 1942

Former Collection George Repold

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