Goblet
Artist: Paul Oppitz (engraver) (British | English, 1827-1894)
Date: about 1845
Dimensions:
H (pokal with lid): 20 5/8 in. (52.4 cm)
H (pokal only): 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm)
H (lid only): 7 7/8 x 5 3/4 x 4 1/8 in. (20 x 14.6 x 10.5 cm)
Diam (pokal rim): 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
overall4 (of pokal foot): 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Medium: Colorless potash glass; blown, applied, wheel-engraved, polished
Place of Origin: Northern Bohemian, Haida
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 2004.3B
DescriptionCovered pokal of colorless potash glass, blown, applied, cut, and polished. The vessel 's bowl is engraved on either side with a well-known castle on the Rhine, Germany, Schloss Rheinstein and Schloss Stolzenfels. The remaining surface, including the matching cover, is densely decorated with Neo-Rococo ornament.
Not on view