Sweetmeat Goblet
Manufacturer
Unknown
CultureSilesian
Dateca. 1760
MediumGlass | Gilt
DimensionsOverall: 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. (7.3 x 8.9 cm)
Base: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. (7.3 x 8.9 cm)
Base: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number72.36
Not on view
DescriptionSweetmeat goblet of clear glass. Engraved shell shaped bowl with a gilt edge inside and out. Rather worn. Oval bowl is engraved at wide end with Baron von Reiswitz coat-of-arms, on either side of this is a different building in a landscape. On the palmetto end is a floral design. Bowl bottom of twelve panels in relief. Attached by merese to solid stem of faceted knop top and cylindrical bottom. On a round, faintly dome foot with a facet cut edge. Radial of oval cuts and slashes on the bottom.Published ReferencesRobert Schmidt CATALOGUE MUHSAM COLLECTION, Vol. 1, No. 159, pl. 42, information.
