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Object NameRoemer

Glasshouse Savoy Glasshouse

Glassmaker George Ravenscroft (English, 1632 - 1683)

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1676-1678

Place MadeEngland, London

Techniquemolded, blown, applied

SizeOverall H: 18.8 cm, Diam (max): 10.6 cm

Accession Number50.2.2

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Masterpieces of Glass from The Corning Museum of Glass

The Art of Glass: Masterpieces from The Corning Museum of Glass

Title Unknown (Marshall Field & Co.)

Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal-Gold Ruby, 1650–1750

Title Unknown (Museum of Fine Arts, Philadelphia)

National antiques exposition

Title Unknown (Rich's)

Title Unknown (Gump's)

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

This sparkling, lead glass vessel was used as a wineglass, and its shape is based on a German type used for white wine. that of medieval goblets. The cup is decorated with nipt-diamond-waies, a diamond pattern formed by manipulating adjacent vertical ribs with pincers. The A raven’s head seal can be seen among the raspberry prunts on the stem of the goblet.

Physical DescriptionRomer. Colorless lead glass; blown, molded, applied decoration. Large spherical cupped-in bowl decorated with nipt-diamond waies; applied vermicular or frilled collar at top of hollow, cylindrical, fluted stem with six applied berry prunts and raven's head seal; applied, flaring, conical, ribbed foot with narrow folded rim, rough pontil mark.
Provenance

Source Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903) - 1950-10-01

Former Collection R. F. Ratcliffe