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

Goblet

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureHolland | Dutch | English

Date1780-1785

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall: 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
Base: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number72.44

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-2, Case 11

DescriptionWine goblet of clear glass. Ovoid bowl with a drawn facet cut stem. On an applied, faintly conical, plain round foot. Decorated with dim, shallow diamond point stipple engraved scene of young lovers in a landscape. A girl with a basket, being embraced by a young boy. All is stippled except for the hair which is engraved in lines. English Newcastle glass engraved in Holland. Wolff type. Polished pontil.

Label TextGOBLET WITH COURTING COUPLE The Netherlands Ca. 1780-85 Blown glass; diamond-stipple engraved, cut. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 72.44Published ReferencesRobert Schmidt _Catalogue of Muhsom Collection_, Vol. 1, No. 40, pl. 6, with information translated.