Goblet

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Object Name: 
Goblet
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
92.4.35
Dimensions: 
H: 15.5 cm, D(rim): 8.6 cm, (foot): 8.1 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1882-1887
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Shirley S. Jennings
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass; pressed. Bucket-shape bowl with three square medallions surrounded by stippling, one has a building with "RUINS OF PARTHENON", one has a sphynx, a broken column and a palm tree and the third has a camel, driver and pyramid with palm trees; waisted six-sided stem, plain flat circular foot.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Sphynx
Provenance: 
Seed, Ella, Former Collection
Jennings, Shirley S., Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing
Material: 
glass