goblet

Object NameGoblet

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1730-1750

Techniqueblown, cut, zwischengoldglas technique

SizeH: 18.2 cm; D(rim): 7.7 cm, (foot): 8.8 cm

Accession Number79.3.232

Credit LineGift of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Roses in Glass

Place Made

Bohemia

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, zwischengoldglas technique. Straight-sided, tapered bowl with waisted base, panel-cut; double-walled, with transparent stains on silver foil between the two bowls, representing a garden scene, a woman offering a man a rose, while another gestures toward a palm tree, in the background an elaborate fountain with shell basin and three figures spouting water from their mouths, a border of silver acanthus leaves in the base; stem with flattened pad above a panel-cut inverted baluster stem and capstan; circular foot with cut ovals and radial cuts in a ring on the underside.
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