Goblet

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Object Name: 
Goblet
Place Made: 
Holland (engraved)
England (glass)
Accession Number: 
79.3.385
Dimensions: 
H: 22.9 cm; D(rim): 10.4 cm, (foot): 10 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1740-1750
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, engraved. Round funnel shape bowl, with engraved representation of a two-masted ship, flying a flag inscribed "VOC"; inscribed "T. WELVAREN VAN DEEZE BODEM" around the rim; and with a polished lens with lines radiating from it on the reverse; tall stem consisting of a disk knop, above a teared knop, above a long slender inverted baluster enclosing an air bubble; conical shape foot with rough pontil mark.

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Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Mannheim Collection, Former Collection
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Engraved