Goblet with a Harbor Scene

Object Name: 
Goblet with a Harbor Scene

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Object Name: 
Goblet with a Harbor Scene
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France, Paris
Accession Number: 
79.3.222
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 14.4 cm; Rim Diam: 9 cm; Foot Diam: 6.7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1824
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. Ovoid bowl, flared rim, raised band of cut nailhead diamonds at the base; border of fruit and foliage below the rim, above a meander border; wide band with continuous landscape scene, with buildings, ships, and a woman gesturing toward the ships, holding a cupid by the other hand; panel-cutting at the base of the bowl; panel-cut stem, flared to a disk foot; underside of the foot with a cut flower, the edges matte, with engraved zig-zag border.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Source
Category: 
19th Century European
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Cut, Engraved
cut glass

Publications (1)

L'age D'or du Verre en France 1800-1830 (2001) illustrated, pp. 140-141, fig. 103; BIB# 73167