goblet
Object NameGoblet
Made FromNon-lead glass
Dateabout 1700
Place MadeBohemia
Techniqueblown, engraved
SizeOverall H: 20 cm; Top Diam: 7.62 cm
Accession Number65.3.84
Credit LineGift of John H. Schuelein-Steel
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal-Gold Ruby, 1650–1750
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, engraved. Tapered, straight- sided, bucket bowl, with rounded base; engraved decoration on the sides, including an engraved double band of stylized foliage, with two parallel lines, a wide band filled with an undulating horizontal spray of foliage and flowers, and wiggly lines at the bottom, on either side of a straight line; complex knopped stem, with a merese and capstan above a flattened ball knop, a merese and capstan, a hollow inverted baluster with basal flaring, a merese, and a capstan; sloping, circular foot; rough pontil mark.Provenance
Source
John H. Schuelein-Steel
about 1725-1750
1875-1899
about 1735-1745
about 1730-1740
about 1700