Goblet

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Object Name: 
Goblet
Place Made: 
probably Bohemia
Accession Number: 
55.4.60
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 15.7 cm; Rim Diam: 9 cm; Foot Diam: 7.9 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
after 1839
Primary Description: 
Goblet. Clear heavy glass; wear marks at base; free blown, stained, cut and engraved; heavy slightly conical foot with ground pontil mark, tapering to slightly concave stem, cylindrical bowl flaring towards slightly recessed rim; stem cut into ten panels which continue on lower bowl and foot; on blue bowl a rectangular panel with ruby stain border enclosing a vignette of Trenton Falls, underneath: "TRENTON FALLS NEW YORK" cut through the ruby stain.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin Antiques, Source
1955-11-12
Color: 
colorless
ruby
Technique: 
glassblowing
stained glass
cutting
engraving
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
TRENTON FALLS NEW YORK
inscription
: 
Engraved bowl

Exhibitions (1)

The Art of Trenton Falls, 1825-1900
Venue(s)
Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute

Publications (5)

Glasses Engraved with American Views (1994-07) illustrated, p. 84, pl. X; BIB# AI33194
Glasses with American Views (1977) illustrated, pp. 134-144, fig. 20;
Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass (Doubleday edition) (1950) pl. 68, #4, pp. 256-257; BIB# 25299
Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass (Bonanza Books edition) (1950) pl. 68, #4, pp. 256-257; BIB# 96725
Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass (Crown Publishers edition) (1950) pl. 68, #4, pp. 256-257; BIB# 76944