Goblet

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Object Name: 
Goblet
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Netherlands, Dordrecht
Accession Number: 
50.2.10
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 25.5 cm, Diam (max): 10.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1746
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown with diamond point engraving. Round-funnel bowl on tall applied stem with round knop between (upper) inverted and (lower) true baluster, slightly sloping, applied foot with wide folded rim, rough pontil mark; on bowl: portrait bust of a man wearing a hat and holding a dagger, stippled in diamond point; on reverse, signed "F. GREENWOOD" above date "1746".

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Inc., Source
1950-10-01
Brown, Henry (English), Former Collection
Category: 
Baroque
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
diamond-point engraving
Material: 
lead glass
Inscription: 
F. GREENWOOD / 1746
Signature and date

Exhibitions (4)

Masterpieces of Glass from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
National Gallery of Art 1990-12-02 through 1991-04-14
The Art of Glass: Masterpieces from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
IBM Gallery 1989-12-12 through 1990-02-02
National Gallery of Art 1990-12-09 through 1991-04-14
Decorative and utilitarian works from the Corning Museum of Glass, surveying 35 centuries of glass-making technology and stylistic developments from ancient Egyptian, Roman, Islamic, and Asian cultures to contemporary American and European examples. The works were selected by Corning Museum staff members Dwight P. Lanmon, director and curator of European glass; David B. Whitehouse, curator of ancient and Islamic glass; Jane Shadel Spillman, curator of American glass; and Susanne K. Frantz, curator of 20th-century glass.
 
One Dot at a Time
Venue(s)
Steuben Glass, Inc. 1983-04-21 through 1983-05-14
Title Unknown (Museum of Fine Arts, Philadelphia)
Venue(s)
Philadelphia Museum of Art 1948-11 through 1948-11
 

Publications (22)

Glass: A Short History (Smithsonian Books edition) (2012) illustrated, p. 78; BIB# 130360
Glass: A Short History (The British Museum edition) (2012) illustrated, p. 78; BIB# 135965
Y'oroppa amerika no ant'iku garasu : shiru, kau, kataru, kansh'osura (2002) illustrated, p. 51; BIB# 74885
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: Checklist of the Exhibition (1999) illustrated, p. 34; BIB# 63967
Lectures on Antique Glass: Key Styles and How to Recognize Them (1999) p. 73; BIB# 60453
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass (1992) illustrated, p. 60, #49; BIB# 35679
A Short History of Glass (1990 edition) (1990) illustrated, p. 66, #56; BIB# 33211
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History From The Corning Museum of Glass (1990) illustrated, pp. 154-155, pl. 69; BIB# 33819
Garasu no Hanashi (1988) p. 119; BIB# 45725
Vetri del Settecento e dell'ottocento (1985) illustrated, p. 76; BIB# 32949
Garasu Nyumon (Introduction to Glass) (1983) illustrated, p. 70; BIB# 32417
Britain Salutes New York 1983: international arts festival, New York (1983) illustrated, p. 10; BIB# 23090
A Short History of Glass (1980 edition) (1980) illustrated, p. 58, #54; BIB# 21161
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History from The Corning Museum of Glass (1980) pp. 154-155, pl. 69; BIB# 20953
Title Unknown (Peterson's Photographic Magazine) (1977-08) illustrated, opp. pg. 18;
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1974) (1974) illustrated, p. 72, #90; BIB# 28793
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1965) (1965) illustrated, p. 70, #86; BIB# 27582
Glas (1958) illustrated, p. 133, fig. 129; BIB# 25567
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1958) (1958) illustrated, p. 69, #78; BIB# 27746
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1955) (1955) illustrated, p. 57, #63; BIB# 28450
Art in Glass (1955) p. 141;
Three Centuries of European Glass (1955) # XI;