goblet

Object NameCovered Goblet

Maker Johann Sigismund Menzel

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Dateabout 1790-about 1800

Place MadeSilesia

Techniqueblown, cut, engraved, zwischengold

Size(a,b) H: 25.2 cm; (a) H: 18.7 cm, D(rim): 9 cm; (b) H: 7.4 cm, D(max): 10 cm

Accession Number79.3.265

Credit LineGift of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut engraved, zwischengold panel. (a) Large ovoid bowl with gilt rim, and band of gilt oval facets below; engraved military trophies of arms and an eagle grasping lightning framing an inset oval zwischengold panel decorated with a black silhouette of a man (William III of Prussia) wearing an order of the Black Eagle; band of polished faceting at the base of the bowl; facet-cut knop above a cut square spreading foot with polished pontil mark and polished flower on the underside. (b) Domed shape with rounded rim decorated with engraved gilt notching, and inset cylindrical brim; polished rounded panels on top, with a gilt band below; facet-cut baluster finial mounted on an angular merese.
Provenance

Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation