Goblet

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Object Name: 
Goblet
Place Made: 
possibly France
possibly England
Accession Number: 
55.2.1
Dimensions: 
Overall H (max): 25.5 cm; Rim Diam: 17 cm; Foot Diam: 15.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1650-1675
Primary Description: 
Colorless bubbly glass; slightly cloudy at inside; blown and diamond point engraved. Plain spreading unevenly folded foot, with rough pontil mark, hollow dumbbell stem with two cushion knops, large bucket bowl; including a rose, gilly flower, tulip, etc., on the bowl, a wreath of floral motifs on the foot.

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Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Davis, Cecil, Source
1955-01-31
Gatty, R., Former Collection
Category: 
Baroque
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
engraving
Material: 
glass

Exhibitions (1)

Beyond Venice: Glass in Venetian Style, 1500-1750
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2004-05-13 through 2004-10-17

Publications (8)

Vetri, gionelti, smalti, tabacchiere (1981) illustrated, p. 33; BIB# 30910
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1974) (1974) illustrated, p. 67, #84; BIB# 28793
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1965) (1965) illustrated, p. 65, #80; BIB# 27582
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1958) (1958) illustrated, p. 66, #73; BIB# 27746
Title Unknown (Connoisseur Yearbook) (1956) p. 126;
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1955) (1955) illustrated, p. 54, #58; BIB# 28450
Illustrated London News (1954-11-13) p. 850, fig. 2;
Fine English drinking glasses...Oriental rugs and carpets... and English and Continental furniture (1954-11-05) #62, fig. 62; BIB# 7310