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goblet

Object NameGoblet

Maker Willem Mooleyser

Made FromGlass

Date1680-1690

Place MadeNorthern Netherlands

TechniqueBlown, applied, engraved

SizeOverall H: 19.8 cm; Rim Diam: 9.7 cm; Foot Diam: 10 cm

Accession Number58.3.175

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

East Side Winter Antiques Show

Beyond Venice: Glass in Venetian Style, 1500-1750

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

The scene on this goblet shows two gentlemen toasting each other with "a glass of friendship," as the inscription reads. The decoration indicates the purpose of the glass. It may have been used as a welcome goblet, but it probably refers to a specific friendship. Diamond-point engraving on glass was frequently practiced by amateurs, who produced objects to commemorate special occasions. [Compare 79.3.301 and 79.3.239.]

Physical DescriptionClear glass with slight grey tinge; free-blown and diamond-point engraved. Plain folded conical foot with rough pontil mark, squat hollow inverted baluster stem flanked by two stemmed mereses, round funnel bowl; on the bowl two gentlemen toasting each other, the left sitting on a chair and the other one standing, below rim the calligraphic inscription: "Een Glasie Van Vrienschap" (a glass of friendship); on the foot two flower sprays.
Provenance

Source Howard Phillips - 1958