Goblet

Goblet

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Object Name: 
Goblet
Department
European
Place Made: 
Germany
Date: 
about 1715-about 1720
Color
AAT
colorless
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 14.0 cm; Rim Diam: 2.3 cm; Foot Diam: 9.1 cm
Accession Number: 
71.3.169
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. Jerome Strauss
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Colorless non-lead glass; blown, mold-blown, engraved. Inverted, conical bowl with two borders of polished oval and circular facets, large panel formed of grape vines tied with a ribbon, enclosing the inscription "Zu Bacherach am Schnellen Rhein,/bey Klingenberg am Stillen Mayn,/und zu Wurtzburg genant am Stein,/ da wachsen drey der besten Wein."; molded nun's-head finial.
Provenance
Strauss, Jerome, Source
Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1955-06-13 through 1955-10-23

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