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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.