Goblet or Wineglass

Object Name: 
Goblet or Wineglass

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Object Name: 
Goblet or Wineglass
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England, Brierley Hill
Accession Number: 
73.2.28
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 15.8 cm; Foot Diam: 7.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1900
Credit Line: 
Gift of Estelle F. Sinclaire
Primary Description: 
Colorless, lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. Cup shape bowl, cut with eight panels, all curving up and to the right, each engraved with a flower, and, in some, a bee; one panel is signed "W.Fritsche" in script; baluster stem with spiraling vertical cuts and small knop, just before the bowl; eight lobed, flat foot, each lobe engraved with a flower on underside, the eight stems meeting in center.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Farrar, Estelle Sinclaire (Mrs. Frederic) (American, 1919-2001), Source
1973-05-24
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Cut, Engraved
cut glass
Inscription: 
W. Fritsche
Signature
: 
on one panel in script

Exhibitions (1)

Engraved Glass
Venue(s)
Jones Museum of Glass and Ceramics 1984-08-26 through 1984-11-30