Goblet

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Object Name: 
Goblet
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
92.4.51
Dimensions: 
H: 16.7 cm, D(rim): 9.2 cm, (foot): 9.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1870-1879
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Shirley S. Jennings
Primary Description: 
Colorless flint (low-lead) glass; pressed. Ovoid bowl with alternating panels of diamond points in an oval, a grape leaf and an American Shield with "E PLURIBUS UNUM" above it; shield and leaf are frosted by grinding; baluster stem and circular flat foot.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Magnet & Grape w/American Shield
Provenance: 
Seed, Ella, Former Collection
Jennings, Shirley S., Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing