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Object Name:

Covered Goblet

Place Made:

Bohemia

Accession Number:

79.3.309

Dimensions:

Overall H: 34.7 cm; Rim Diam: 9.9 cm; Foot Diam: 14.3 cm

Location:

On Display

Date:

about 1700-1720

Credit Line:

Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Primary Description:

Colorless, transparent red, and gold-flecked red. Blown, cut. Goblet with tapered, panel-cut bowl. Stem consists of capstan above faceted ovoid knop, capstan, facet-cut inverted baluster, ovoid base knop, and capstan. Large blown foot with rough pontil mark. Domed cover has inset rim and is panel-cut, with nipped red and gold-flecked red stripes. Double merese below facet-cut finial made up of ball knop, baluster, and flattened knop, with red and gold-flecked red spiral threads; rough pontil mark.