goblet
Object NameCovered Goblet
Designer/Engraver
Wilhelm von Eiff
(German, 1890-1943)
Made FromLead Glass
Date1927
Place MadeGermany
TechniqueBlown, cut, engraved, polished
SizeOverall (a,b) H: 34 cm; (a) H: 26.2 cm, D(rim): 11.2 cm
Accession Number70.3.60
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown, cut, engraved, polished. Tall covered goblet with hochsnitt and tiefschnitt engraving; domed cover with inset flange has tall, straight faceted finial top decorated with relief-carved crown over an open book surrounded by stars; top of cover, finial base are twenty-one coats of arms in shields in two staggered rows; inscribed around rim in block letters: "HERRN PROFESSOR HUGO STEINER/PRAG/DEM PRAESIDENTEN DER INTERNATIONALEN BUCHKUNSTAUSTELLUNG 1927 GEWIDMET VOM RATE DER STADT LEIPZIG"; goblet has straight sided bowl with ground and polished rim with relief-engraved profile portrait on front, encircled by inscription "HUGO STEINER / PRAG / LEIPZIG/ 1927"; evenly spaced around rest of bowl are two deeply engraved coats of arms each surrounded by clouds, stars and flanking pair of putti (one crest has a lion on left and vertical bars on the right identified in Neubecker/Rentzmann, Wappenbilder Lexicon as "Leipzig"; second has double-headed eagle which could be from of many Germanic states, demi-griffin crest holding what appears to be a staff with two cushions in the center of the shaft); solid, massive straight stem cut in five bands of facets; flared domed foot with slightly concave ground rim; no pontil; inscribed at lower right of bust: "W.v.E.".Provenance
Source
J. & T. Neuman
