Goblet

Goblet

 
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Object Name: 
Goblet
Department
European
Place Made: 
England
Date: 
about 1760-1780
Color
AAT
colorless
Technique
AAT
cut glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 22.4 cm; Rim Diam: 11.2 cm
Accession Number: 
79.2.126
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Colorless lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. Large cup-shaped bowl, with engraved representation of Brittania in a circular reserve framed by crossed oak branches, and the inscription "O FAIR BRITANNIA HAIL."; petal cutting at the base of the bowl, merging with diamond cutting on the straight stem; disk foot, engraved on the underside with a garland of flowers, including a rose and buds, honeysuckle, passionflower and carnations; polished pontil mark.
Inscription
O FAIR BRITANNIA HAIL.
Inscription
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Provenance
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
1979-03-22
Strauss, Jerome, Former Collection
1979-03-22
Masterpieces of European and American Glass
Venue(s)
Suntory Museum of Art 1981-10 through 1981-11
Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1955-06-13 through 1955-10-23
 
In the Days of Queen Charlotte
Venue(s)
Lutton Museum 1939

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