American Goblet

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Object Name: 
Covered Goblet Engraved with Continent of America
Title: 
American Goblet
Maker(s): 
Glucksburg Glasshouse, Maker
probably
Place Made: 
Germany, Saxony
Accession Number: 
99.3.37 C
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 44.0 cm; Foot Diam: 16.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1710-1725
Web Description: 
This goblet comes from the property of the princes of Oettingen-Wallerstein, a family documented in Germany since 1141.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Rudigier-Ruckert, Gertrud, Source
1999-11-23
Category: 
Baroque
Color: 
colorless
purple
Technique: 
glassblowing
cutting
engraving
Material: 
glass

Description

Primary Description: 
Covered Goblet Engraved with Continent of America. Colorless glass, blown, cut, engraved. Covered goblet, the baluster stem, base of the bowl and finial of the lid cut, and the bowl engraved with allegory of the American Continent after 16th century design.

Exhibitions (1)

Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal-Gold Ruby, 1650–1750
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
Changing Exhibitions Gallery

Publications (2)

Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal-Gold Ruby, 1650-1750 (2008) illustrated, pp. 288-291, #111; BIB# 103865
The Corning Museum of Glass: A Decade of Glass Collecting 1990-1999 (2000) illustrated, pp. 15, 18-19, #11; BIB# 65446

Objects in Set (4)

Four Covered Goblets Engraved with the Four Continents
Artist:Glucksburg Glasshouse
Date:about 1710-1725
Accession Number:99.3.37
Asian Goblet
Artist:Glucksburg Glasshouse
Date:about 1710-1725
Accession Number:99.3.37 A
 
African Goblet
Artist:Glucksburg Glasshouse
Date:about 1710-1725
Accession Number:99.3.37 B
European Goblet
Artist:Glucksburg Glasshouse
Date:about 1710-1725
Accession Number:99.3.37 D