Goblet

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Object Name: 
Goblet
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
2009.2.15
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 18.7 cm; Foot Diam: 9.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1765
Primary Description: 
Glass, gilding; blown. A large gilt opaque-twist goblet. The ogee bowl is decorated with a floral spray and scattered sprigs below a gilt line rim, set on a double-series stem and conical foot. Metal inclusions in blown bowl (from blowpipe?).

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Bonhams, Source
2009-06-09
Technique: 
blown
gilding
Material: 
glass
gilding

Publications (1)

Enamelling and Gilding on Glass (2013) illustrated, pp. 99-100; BIB# 142116