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

Goblet

Manufacturer Unknown
CultureBohemian
Date1815-1835
MediumGlass
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm)
Base: 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm)
InscribedReverse monogram: "S.R. Bienenstok". Also, inscribed: "Dieses Band loese nur Gottes Hand". (This bond may only be severed by the Hand of God.), a motto typical of many love and friendship glasses of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Credit LineGift of Franz W. Sichel
Object number61.90.12
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 117, Study Gallery Case 4, Section 3 Sh4
DescriptionHeavy thick goblet with a cylindrical bowl engraved to commemorate a wedding or friendship. Stem and foot turned with glassmaker's tools. The engraving includes two arms, anchors, Masonic symbols and inscription. Love/friendship glass.

Published ReferencesDr. Von Saldern, _Norfolk Bulletin_, Sept. 1962, article.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
18th century
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2017.
Unknown
ca 1770-1775
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1700-1750
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
T. G. Hawkes & Co.
Early 20th Century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
1818
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2014.
William Abbott Pratt
ca. 1850
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
John Taylor Arms
no date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
John Taylor Arms
no date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Edward C. Muller Company, New York
no date
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2012.
Naddo Ceccarelli
ca. 1339-1347