Goblet

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Object Name: 
Goblet
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
55.2.3
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 24.7 cm; Foot Diam: 13.4 cm; Rim Diam: 12.7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1700-1715
Primary Description: 
Goblet. Heavy clear lead glass; slight wear marks at base; blown, applied. Domed folded foot with air trap, rough pontil mark, cusp-knop baluster stem . . . with large tear resting on flattened knop, funnel bowl.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Davis, Cecil, Source
1955-01-31
Category: 
Baroque
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
Material: 
lead glass

Exhibitions (4)

Liquid Refreshment: 2000 Years of Drinks and Drinking Glasses
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1993-04-24 through 1994-12-31
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
Yokohama Museum of Art 1992-10-12 through 1992-12-13
 
The Art of Glass: Masterpieces from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
IBM Gallery 1989-12-12 through 1990-02-02
National Gallery of Art 1990-12-09 through 1991-04-14
Decorative and utilitarian works from the Corning Museum of Glass, surveying 35 centuries of glass-making technology and stylistic developments from ancient Egyptian, Roman, Islamic, and Asian cultures to contemporary American and European examples. The works were selected by Corning Museum staff members Dwight P. Lanmon, director and curator of European glass; David B. Whitehouse, curator of ancient and Islamic glass; Jane Shadel Spillman, curator of American glass; and Susanne K. Frantz, curator of 20th-century glass.
East Side Winter Antiques Show
Venue(s)
Park Avenue Armory
 

Publications (11)

In Sparkling Company: Reflections on Glass in the 18th-century British World (2020) illustrated, p. 17 (fig. 5);
Baroque Influences on the Form and Decoration of Glass (2014) illustrated, p. 66; BIB# 142141
The Elements of Design: The Development of Design and Stylistic Elements from the Renaissance to the Postmodern Era (2003) illustrated, p. 68 (no. 4); BIB# 166802
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: Checklist of the Exhibition (1999) illustrated, p. 5; BIB# 63967
Glass: A Pocket Dictionary of Terms Commonly Used to Describe Glass and Glassmaking (1993) p. 10; BIB# 35660
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass (1992) illustrated, pp. 82-83, #77; BIB# 35679
Hikari no shouchu: sekai no garasu = The glass (1992) p. 206; BIB# 58995
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History From The Corning Museum of Glass (1990) illustrated, pp. 144-145, pl. 64; BIB# 33819
Decorative Arts, Queen Anne (1985) p. 127;
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History from The Corning Museum of Glass (1980) pp. 144-145, pl. 64; BIB# 20953
Sotheby's Sales Catalogue (October 15, 1954) (1954-10-15) lot #27, fig. 27;