Covered Double-walled Goblet with Marbled Decoration

Object Name: 
Covered Double-walled Goblet with Marbled Decoration

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Object Name: 
Covered Double-walled Goblet with Marbled Decoration
Place Made: 
Germany, Dresden
Accession Number: 
2006.3.56
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 29.1 cm, Diam (max): 10.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1720
Web Description: 
The painted and gilded decoration on this goblet imitates semiprecious stone set with gold mounts.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Walter, Francis, Source
Category: 
Baroque
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
tooling
cold painting
gilding
Material: 
glass
paint
gold

Description

Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; blown, tooled, applied, painted, gilded. Conical bowl, stem with ball knop and inverted baluster, cover with inset brim and pine-cone-shaped finial. Foot, bowl, and cover with marbled cold paint and gilt borders between two glass walls. The stem and finial, the base of the bowl, the underside of the foot and the insides of bowl and cover are gilded on the outside glass surface.

Publications (2)

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2006 (2007) illustrated, p. 9, bottom right; BIB# AI92696
Notes: Corning Museum Makes Major Additions to Glass Collection (2007) illustrated, p. 270, fig. 3;