Goblet

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Object Name: 
Goblet
Accession Number: 
79.3.160
Dimensions: 
H: 17.8 cm; D(rim): 8.5 cm, (foot): 8.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1840-1860
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass, ruby stained; blown, cut, and engraved. Ovoid bowl with ruby-stained panel on one side and portholes on the other; panel with copper wheel engraving of large building inscribed below "City hall New-York", cut panels on lower part of bowl; flat knop at base of bowl, solid stem, circular foot with vertical panels cut through staining; polished pontil mark.

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Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
1979-03-22
Color: 
Colorless, ruby stained
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Cut, Engraved
cut glass

Publications (4)

Art and the Empire City: New York, 1825-1861 (2000) illustrated, p. 344, fig. 281; BIB# 65140
Glasses Engraved with American Views (1994-07) illustrated, p. 81, pl. VII; BIB# AI33194
Commemorative and Souvenir Glassware (1980-05) p. 64; BIB# AI8673
Glass with American Views -- Addenda (1980) illustrated, p. 80, fig. 5;