Pokal
Object NameCovered Pokal or Goblet
Made FromGlass
Date1700-1799
Place MadeGermany
TechniqueFree-blown, tooled, engraved
SizeOverall H: 23.2 cm; (a) Pokal/Goblet H: 16 cm; Rim Diam (max): 7.4 cm; Foot Diam (max): 7.7 cm
Accession Number51.3.269
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Title Unknown (Finger Lakes Wine Museum)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionCovered Pokal or Goblet. Clear glass with minute and small bubbles and few sand impurities; free-blown, tooled and engraved. (a) Folded domed foot with rough pontil mark, inverted hollow baluster stem supporting pointed funnel bowl; solid bottom of bowl contains six tears around a center tear; on bowl a coat-of-arms, - the different sections show a double-cross, a star, waves, two lions, a panel with three arrows, lines and waves, two stars, and a lion, in the center again a lion -, surmounted by a crown (royal?) and flanked by standing lions. (b) Set-in domed cover with pontil mark, with doubly cushioned knob and mushroom-like finial.Provenance
Source
Joseph Fach
- 1951-11-01
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