Goblet with British Royal Arms

Object Name: 
Goblet with British Royal Arms

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Object Name: 
Goblet with British Royal Arms
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England, London
Accession Number: 
75.2.15
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 34.5 cm; Rim Diam: 19.1 cm; Foot Diam: 14.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1860-1870
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. Cylindrical bowl with rounded bottom, engraved on one side with a glassworks building, showing men loading a horse cart, inscribed "COTTAGE/ GLASS WORKS" on a pennant; surrounded by a foliate wreath, the other side with the British royal arms, inscribed "HONI [SO]IT QUI MA[L] Y PENSE" above elaborate script initials "J & M McL"; a bunch of grapes and a grape leaf on either side; hollow, dumbbell shape, panel cut stem; above a pad; pad foot with cut star on the underside.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Coggins, Edward M., Source
1975-11-13
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Cut, Engraved
cut glass
Inscription: 
COTTAGE / GLASS WORKS
Inscription
: 
inscribed on a pennant
J & M McL
Inscription
: 
elaborate script
HONI [SO]IT QUI MA[L] Y PENSE
Inscription
: 
inscribed with British Royal Arms

Publications (1)

A History of Glassmaking in London: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day (2014) illustrated, p. 185; BIB# 168299