The Seven Deadly Sins: Anger, Pride, Gluttony, Sloth, Avarice, Envy, & Lust

Title: 
The Seven Deadly Sins: Anger, Pride, Gluttony, Sloth, Avarice, Envy, & Lust

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Object Name: 
Set of Goblets
Title: 
The Seven Deadly Sins: Anger, Pride, Gluttony, Sloth, Avarice, Envy, & Lust
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
2007.4.66
Dimensions: 
Overall (a) H: 18.9 cm, Diam (max): 12.6 cm, (b) H: 18.6 cm, Diam (max): 12.4 cm, (c) H: 19 cm, Diam (max): 12.2 cm, (d) H: 18.9 cm, Diam (max): 12.4 cm, (e) H: 18.8 cm, Diam (max): 12.3 cm, (f) H: 18.9 cm, Diam (max): 12.1 cm, (g) H: 18.8 cm, Diam (max): 12.3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1956
Credit Line: 
Gift of Marianne and Isidore Cohn Jr. and Lauren Cohn Fouros
Web Description: 
Another rare set of drinking glasses, these engraved goblets depict the seven deadly sins. The set was designed by Sidney Waugh for Steuben Glass, about 1956. The robust, rounded forms of the glasses are characteristic of Waugh, a noted sculptor and designer, who served as chief associate designer for Steuben from 1935 until his death. Waugh established Steuben’s artistic direction for more than 30 years, with the aim of designing engraved glass that would be appreciated as fine art.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Cohn, Dr. Isidore Jr., Source
2007-10-16
Cohn, Marianne, Source
2007-10-16
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Tooled, Applied, Engraved, Polished
tooling
engraving

Description

Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; blown, tooled, applied, engraved, polished. Seven large goblets; each with a bucket-shaped bowl, atop a hollow stem and a flat circular foot, each engraved with different figures representing one of the seven deadly sins.

Publications (3)

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2007 (2008) illustrated, p. 16; BIB# AI90242
Steuben Glass: An American Tradition in Crystal (2003 edition) (2003) p. 300; BIB# 75000
Steuben Glass: An American Tradition in Crystal (1982 edition) (1982) illustrated, p. 244; BIB# 21935