sweetmeat glass

Object NameSweetmeat Glass

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1730-1750

Place MadeSilesia

Techniqueblown, cut, engraved, gilded

SizeOverall H: 5.5 cm, Diam: 3 cm

Accession Number65.3.94

Credit LineGift of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionSweetmeat Glass. Colorless, non-lead glass; blown, cut, engraved, gilded. Oval bowl with elaborate gilded rim, a shell-shaped handle at the rear, shell scrolls toward the front; tapered sides above a rounded, panel-cut base; engraved vignette of a tree with two birds in the top; the back with an engraved pastoral scene, a shepherdess at the right, sheep in the middle, and a man playing a lute (?) at the left; faceted ball knop stem; foot with engraved ogee arches at the rim.
Provenance

Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978)