Goblet

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Object Name: 
Goblet
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England, London
Accession Number: 
95.2.3
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 12.7 cm; Rim Diam: 7.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1861-1899
Web Description: 
Glasses similar to this one were sold exclusively by William Morris and Company.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Kurland - Zubar, Former Collection
1995-05-16
Category: 
Modern
Color: 
Transparent amber
Technique: 
Blown, Optic-molded, Hot-worked

Description

Primary Description: 
Transparent amber glass; blown, optic-molded, hot-worked. Thinly blown goblet with slighty flared fire-polished rim, bell-shaped bowl stepped-in near middle and tapering to juncture with stem, faint optic-mold vertical ribbing, top end of narrow solid stem has 1 and 1/2 twists, lower half of stem is straight, plain slightly conical (but almost flat) circular foot; scattered small stones and air bubbles; no pontil; unsigned.

Publications (2)

Recent Important Acquisitions, 38 (1996) illustrated, p. 240, #25, left; BIB# AI97737
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1995 (1996) illustrated, pp. 15, 17; BIB# AI95180