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goblet

Object NameGoblet with Bear Hunt

Engraver Johann F. Hoffmann

Manufacturer Ludwig Moser Glassworks

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1880

Place MadeBohemia, Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad)

TechniqueBlown, cut, engraved

SizeOverall H: 38.8 cm; Rim Diam: 9 cm

Accession Number79.3.59

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Popp in honor of Allen Dawson, Philip Hunt, George Douglas and Otto Hilbert

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

The Tradition of the Avant-Garde: Bohemian Glass 1820-1935

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. Tall, tapered, straight-sided bowl; cut oval panel on the front, with elaborately engraved mountain scene, with six men and three dogs, returning from a hunt, with a dead bear on a horse-drawn sled before them; a man leads the horse, and a dog runs from a house at the right to meet them; a man smoking a pipe stands on the porch of the house; trees and mountains in the background; signed (script, engraved) "Hoffmann" at the bottom, right, and "Hoffmann" on the side of the panel, near the bottom; cut wide flat panels above and below, and around the sides; cut raised ovals, with oval concave central facet (a "reducing lens") on the back; angular cut ledges at the base of the bowl; tapered bottom of the bowl with cut steps; waisted, panel-cut knop stem; tall, panel-cut, trumpet-shaped foot with cut petal rim; the underside of the foot ground flat.
Provenance

Source Mrs. Richard A. Popp - 1979

Source Richard A. Popp - 1979