goblet
Object NameGoblet
Made FromNon-lead glass
Date1745
Place MadeGermany
Techniqueblown, engraved, cut
SizeOverall H: 23.2 cm; Rim Diam: 11.1 cm; Foot Diam: 12.0 cm
Accession Number78.3.37
Credit LineGift of Mrs. K. F. Landegger
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, engraved, cut. Conical, straight-sided bowl; cut band of circular facets below the rim; the sides covered with an engraved continuous landscape, including two elaborate fountains, one with a putto riding a dolphin on top of an elaborately terraced hill, with multiple water jets at the sides; on the opposite side, two putti at the lyre, spouting water, in a shell-shaped basin; trees and people in between; undulating band of circular facets above deeply- carved oval panels; stem with three mereses above an inverted baluster knop containing an air bead; cut panels and circular facets on the sides, four mereses below; circular foot with two bands of cut facets, with an undulating band of stylized foliage between; rough pontil mark; crudely inscribed in white paint "496".Provenance
Source
Mrs. Lena (K. F.) Landegger
- 1978-11-27
