Pokal

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Object Name: 
Pokal
Place Made: 
Germany
Accession Number: 
56.3.82
Dimensions: 
H: 14.4 cm; D (rim): 8.8 cm, (foot): 7.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1730-1750
Primary Description: 
Clear glass; slight wear marks; free-blown, cut and engraved. Flat foot, flattened knop stem, "ogee" bowl with bell-shaped bottom; cut decoration: star of radiant ovals on base, rim of foot slightly scalloped, faceted knop, faceted and paneled lower body with raised scale band; engraved decoration: on the bowl an intricate scroll, flower and leaf pattern, including four cartouches two of which bear views of castles situated in gardens, while the other two are left empty, four other buildings alternate with the cartouches.

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Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, Source
1956
Color: 
Clear
Technique: 
free-blown, cut, engraved
cut glass