goblet

Object NameGoblet

Maker Gottlob Samuel Mohn

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1809

Place MadeGermany

Techniqueblown, cut, enameled, stained

SizeH: 14.9 cm, D(rim): 8.8 cm

Accession Number79.3.204

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Drinking Glasses Through the Ages

Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionGoblet. Colorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, enameled, stained. Ovoid bowl; cut tapered, yellow-stained rim; one side with two oval yellow-stained panels, one with a black silhouette of a woman facing right, the other with a black silhouette of a man facing left; signed "S. Mohn, fec." at lower right; oak leaf garland above the two portraits; inscribed "Aus Dankbarkeit und Liebe" above, and "Dresden d. 25 - December 1809." below; on the reverse a wreath of flowers in transparent enamel, surrounding the inscription "Froh geniese noch lange/und oft aus diesen Glas." and "FCS"; panel cut waisted stem, with alternate panels stained yellow or pink; cut square stepped foot.
Provenance

Former Collection Frederick Neuberg

Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation