Goblet Engraved with Masonic Symbols

Object Name: 
Goblet Engraved with Masonic Symbols

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Object Name: 
Goblet Engraved with Masonic Symbols
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
98.4.291
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 20.4 cm; Rim Diam: 10.1 cm; Foot Diam: 10.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1900
Credit Line: 
Gift in memory of Bruce R Gibbs from his family
Web Description: 
This piece has no trademark, but it seems most likely that it is a Corning piece. It was made by William Butterworth who was probably a cutter for Hoare. Gift in memory of Bruce R. Gibbs from his family.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Anonymous Source
1998-08-14
Gibbs, Bruce R., Former Collection
Category: 
Crystal City
Color: 
colorless
blue
Technique: 
glassblowing
cutting
engraving
Material: 
lead glass

Description

Primary Description: 
Goblet Engraved with Masonic Symbols. Colorless, blue lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. Cup-shaped bowl with sheared top rim, lightly overlaid with blue glass; engraved pattern of leaves and flowers above Masonic symbols of a scimitar, crescent and star, a double-headed eagle with a sword, a compass and square with the letter "G", and a circle surrounded by "KSHTWSST" within a square frame. The letters are evenly spaced and could start anywhere; engraved scrolls below Masonic symbols; applied stem with air trap, cut in vertical flutes, applied foot with engraved floral wreath underneath, ground and polished pontil mark in center.

Publications (3)

The Corning Museum of Glass: A Decade of Glass Collecting 1990-1999 (2000) illustrated, p. 58, #95; BIB# 65446
Recent Important Acquisitions, 41 (1999) illustrated, p. 189, #21; BIB# AI43981
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1998 (1999) illustrated, p. 47; BIB# AI95009