Goblet stem and foot

Object Name: 
Goblet stem and foot

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Object Name: 
Goblet stem and foot
Place Made: 
probably Netherlands
Accession Number: 
60.3.89
Dimensions: 
H (present): 13.3 cm; D (foot): 10.4 cm; D (rim); 3.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
possibly 1600-1699
Primary Description: 
Clear glass; partly heavy crizzling; free-blown, tooled and engraved. Slightly conical foot with underfolded rim and rough pontil mark, composite stem consisting of two quatrefoil knobs flanked by three stemmed triple mereses; two double ear-shaped wings with attached rigaree decoration have been attached to upper knob and upper part of lower knob; on the top of the foot a shallowly engraved wreath-like double branch, in copper wheel engraving.

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Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Henrich, Wilhelm, Source
Arthur Churchill (Glass) Ltd., Former Collection
Color: 
Clear
Technique: 
free-blown, tooled, engraved
tooling

Publications (1)

Glass Through the Ages (1st Ed.) (1948) pl. 34, b; BIB# 18668