Burmese Goblet

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Object Name: 
Burmese Goblet
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England, Amblecote
Accession Number: 
79.2.78
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 17.4 cm; Rim Diam: 8.1 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1886-1890
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Opaque pink / yellow glass, polychrome enamels; blown. Bell-shaped bowl of pink glass shading to yellow in center and back to pink where yellow stem is applied with a wafer; stem is straight and hollow, spreading to a foot, shaded pink at base; marked on side of bowl "QUEEN'S / BURMESE WARE / PATENTED / THOS. WEBB & SONS".

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Source
1979-03-22
Color: 
Opaque Pink, Opaque Yellow
Technique: 
blown, applied
Inscription: 
QUEEN'S / BURMESE WARE / PATENTED / THOS. WEBB & SONS
Inscription
: 
on side of bowl

Publications (2)

American Glass in the Jerome Strauss Collection (1980-08) pl. V; BIB# AI9966
English and Continental Glass (Wilson Sale) (1969-07-21) Lot #28; BIB# 11032