Covered Goblet

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Object Name: 
Covered Goblet
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
79.2.163
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 25.6 cm, Diam (max): 12 cm; Goblet H: 17.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1690-1700
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Primary Description: 
Covered Goblet. Colorless lead glass; blown, applied, pattern-molded. (a) Large, cup-shaped bowl, with "nipt diamond waies" over the lower one-third; hollow stem composed of a ball knop over an inverted baluster; folded, conical foot; rough pontil mark. (b) Domed shape with folded rim and inset brim; finial composed of a ball knop enclosing a bubble, with tiny ball tip; mounted on a short shank, flared at the base, and joined with a merese; rough pontil mark on the interior.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
1983-03-22
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Pattern Molded
applied

Exhibitions (1)

The England of William Penn, 1644-1718
Venue(s)
Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University 1982-09-08 through 1982-10-31

Publications (5)

In Sparkling Company: Reflections on Glass in the 18th-century British World (2020) illustrated, p. 17 (fig. 4);
The England of William Penn, 1644-1718 (1982) p. 64; BIB# 22536
Investing in Georgian Glass (1971) p. 23, bottom; BIB# 74772
Collecting Georgian Glass (1971) p. 23, bottom; BIB# 87457
Investing in Georgian Glass (1969) p. 23, bottom; BIB# 27206