goblet

Object NameGoblet with Portraits of King Frederick William I and Queen Sophia Dorothea

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Date1730-1735

Techniqueblown, cut, engraved

SizeOverall H: 21.6 cm; Rim Diam: 10.1 cm; Foot Diam: 10.6 cm

Accession Number79.3.449

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection

Heads of State

Place Made

Germany, Brandenburg

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. Large ovoid bowl; cut and engraved decoration, including polished diamond- shaped jewels in a matte border above a band of polished circular facets; engraved circular panels on each side, one with a male bust-length portrait facing (King Friedrick William I)sinister, the other with a female bust-length portrait facing (Queen Sophia Dorothea) sinister, crowns above; the male portrait with military trophies at either side, the female with cornucopias of fruit and foliage; inscribed "Es lebe/der Konig, und die/Konigin." above; relief-carved pointed stylized leaves in a band at the base of the bowl; stem with flattened ball knop with oval facets, above a hollow, faceted baluster knop, and another oval-faceted flattened ball knop; circular foot with pointed relief-carved leaves in a ring at the base of the stem; polished pontil mark.
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