Goblet, Sherbet, and Wineglass

Object Name: 
Goblet, Sherbet, and Wineglass

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Object Name: 
Goblet, Sherbet, and Wineglass
Place Made: 
Accession Number: 
95.4.251
Dimensions: 
(A) H: 18 cm, D: 8.9 cm; (B) H: 9.3 cm, D: 9.9 cm; (C) H: 8.4 cm, D: 7.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1925-1935
Credit Line: 
Gift of Deborah Menkers in memory of Yette London
Primary Description: 
(All) Very pale pink, transparent; pale bluish green, transparent glasses; mold-blown, optic mold (bowl); pressed (?) (foot), acid-etched. (A) Goblet with tall, bell-shaped bowl. Rim plain; wall tapers, then straightens and expands before curving in at bottom; stem in form of baluster, with knop at bottom; foot shaped like disk, slightly thicker at center and with rounded edge. Bowl has faint vertical fluting imparted by optic mold and, on upper wall, acid-etched decoration that consists of continuous horizontal band of three parallel wavy lines with double borders above and below them, and, beneath lower border, continuous horizontal band of five parallel lines in repetitive, festoon-like pattern. (B) Sherbet with wide, bell-shaped bowl. Rim plain; wall tapers, then expands before curving in at bottom; stem short, with knop at bottom; foot shaped like disk, slightly thicker at center and with rounded edge. Bowl has faint vertical fluting imparted by optic mold and, on upper wall, acid-etched decoration identical to that of (A). (C) Wineglass with wide, bell-shaped bowl. Rim plain; wall tapers, then expands before curving in at bottom; stem short, with knop at bottom; foot shaped like disk, slightly thicker at center and with rounded edge. Bowl has faint vertical fluting imparted by optic mold and, on upper wall, acid-etched decoration identical to that of (A).
Department: 
Provenance: 
Menkers, Deborah, Source