New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Covered Pokal (Goblet)

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureGerman

Dateca. 1740

MediumBlown glass | Gilt

DimensionsOverall: 14 in. (35.6 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
Base: 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6861

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-2, Case 14

DescriptionCovered pokal of clear glass. Pokal is round funnel bowl with a gilt rim above a circuit of cut ovals and engraved and gilded with profile bust of Crown Elector of Brandenburg (later Frederick the Great, 1st King of Prussia). Surmounted by a crown and framed by scroll work and military trophies and battle emblems. Bowl bottom has a geometric design of gilded cut ovals and arches which are repeated on a conical foot. Solid oval stem with three layers of air bubbles diamond cut with a central gilded band. Cover of clear glass. Cut and gilded to match the pokal. Finial is a repeat of the stem with air bubbles and is topped by a solid gilded round ball.

Published ReferencesCorning, _Glass Drinking Vessels From the Strauss Collections_, pp. 80-81, #220.