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goblet

goblet

Object NameArmorial goblet
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1875-1900
Place MadeGermany
Techniquefree-blown, enameled, gilded
SizeOverall H: 17 cm; Rim Diam: 9.8 cm; Foot Diam: 8.8 cm
Accession Number57.3.147
Credit LineGift of Edwin J. Beinecke
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionRelatively heavy clear glass with very few bubbles; free-blown, enameled and gilded. Conical body resting on a bell-shaped foot with pontil mark; body and foot has been patterned in rib mold with ribs turning to right; enamel decoration: on the obverse of the body, in multicolored enamel, the coat of arms of the Count Thun, above, "GRAF V. THUN", underneath "1636"; on the reverse a flower stalk (in Saxonian style) with three blossoms, in the empty spaces diamond-shaped motifs consisting of yellow and red dots as well as white dots and lines; the rim on the goblet, rim and top of foot gilded, below the gilded band on top and above the gilded band at the bottom a band consisting of a red line, a white beaded line and a row of scrolls accompanied by dots.
Provenance
Source Edwin J. Beinecke (d. 1957)