Goblet

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Object Name: 
Goblet
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Germany
Accession Number: 
79.3.204
Dimensions: 
H: 14.9 cm, D(rim): 8.8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1809
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Primary Description: 
Goblet. Colorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, enameled, stained. Ovoid bowl; cut tapered, yellow-stained rim; one side with two oval yellow-stained panels, one with a black silhouette of a woman facing right, the other with a black silhouette of a man facing left; signed "S. Mohn, fec." at lower right; oak leaf garland above the two portraits; inscribed "Aus Dankbarkeit und Liebe" above, and "Dresden d. 25 - December 1809." below; on the reverse a wreath of flowers in transparent enamel, surrounding the inscription "Froh geniese noch lange/und oft aus diesen Glas." and "FCS"; panel cut waisted stem, with alternate panels stained yellow or pink; cut square stepped foot.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Neuberg, Frederick, Former Collection
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
blown, cut, enameled, stained
enameling
cut glass

Exhibitions (2)

Drinking Glasses Through the Ages
Venue(s)
Place des Antiquaries 1987-11-18 through 1988-01-31
Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1955-06-13 through 1955-10-23
 

Publications (3)

Mohn & Kothgasser (2009) illustrated, p. 140; BIB# 101944
Biedermeier-Glaser (1981) illustrated, p. 141, fig. 162; pp. 142-143; BIB# 30440
Glass Drinking Vessels: From the Collections of Jerome Strauss and The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation: a Special Exhibition, 1955 (1955) illustrated, pp. 123-124, #317; BIB# 27783