goblet

Object NameGoblet

Made FromGlass

Date1850-1899

Place MadeGermany

Techniquefree-blown, applied and tooled decoration

SizeOverall H: 16.2 cm; Rim Diam: 11.1 cm

Accession Number56.3.92

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Reflecting Antiquity: Modern Glass Inspired by Ancient Rome

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionTransparent pale green and light green glasses with small bubbles; wear marks, bowl slightly cloudy; free-blown, with applied and tooled decoration. Plain conical foot with very slight pontil mark, applied to inverted baluster-stem surmounted by three mereses and a flattened knop, broad bell bowl; three equidistant rigaree bands applied to bowl, four loops - each pinched three times - applied to lower body and to flattened knop of stem; stem apparently has been pushed through bottom of bowl, leaving pontil (?) mark framed by ring-like formation.

Provenance

Source Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne - 1956