Goblet

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Object Name: 
Goblet
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
89.2.2
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 16.8 cm; Rim Diam: 8.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1880-1890
Credit Line: 
Gift of Ruth and Clifford Jordan
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, engraved. Ovoid bowl with engraved depiction of a knight on horseback, with flowing cape and helmet, holding a sword in his right hand; the horse rearing on its hind legs; standing on an engraved ground line; opposite side with engraved laurel wreath, with formal scrollwork below; engraved band of waves above a narrow matte band with polished ovals below, and a band of repeated husks; narrow matte band framed by lines above a band of repeated triangular points at the bottom of the bowl; slender trumpet stem and foot with folded rim; engraved ring of dots on the stem and a ring of husks near the rim.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Jordan, Clifford, Source
1989-01-24
Jordan, Ruth, Source
1989-01-24
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Engraved

Publications (1)

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1989 (1990) p. 5; BIB# AI96380