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Goblet

Manufacturer New Bremen Glass Manufactory of John Frederick Amelung (American, 1784-1795)

Place of OriginNew Bremen, Maryland

Date1792

DimensionsH: 20.1 cm (7 15/16 in.); Rim Diam: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.); Base Diam: 13.25 cm (5 7/32 in.)

MediumColorless non-lead glass. Blown and finished by tooling. Copper-wheel-engraved decoration

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1961.2

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 29

Label TextDuring the American colonial period, British policy ensured that British goods dominated the American market and discouraged colonial merchants who might dare to compete. When the Revolutionary War ended British rule with the Treaty of Paris in 1783, entrepreneurs like John Frederick Amelung (1741–1798) seized their opportunity. Amelung produced magnificent presentation glasses like this one as tangible proof of his accomplishments. The Mauerhoff Goblet, which originally had a cover, is inscribed “G. F. Mauerhoff” and “New Bremen. State of Maryland / Frederik County. 1792.” The identity of Mauerhoff is unknown.Published ReferencesRogers, Millard F., Jr., "American Glass: 1608-1940, " Toledo Museum News, vol. 4, no. 3, Summer 1961, pp. 51-70, repr. p. 59.

"Recent Important Acquisitions," Journal of Glass Studies, vol. 4, 1962, p. 146, repr. p. 147.

"An Amelung Goblet," Antiques, vol. 81, February 1962, repr. p. 221.

Schrijren, Elka, Glass and Crystal, vol. 1, New York, Universe, 1964, repr. pl. 30C.

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "The Story of American Glass," Toledo Museum News, vol. 9, no. 3, Autumn 1966, pp. 51-70; rev. and reprinted as a Toledo Museum handbook, repr. p. 56.

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "Treasures from Toledo, Ohio: The European and American Glass Collection," Apollo, vol. 86, December 1967, pp. 478-485, p. 483, repr. fig. 13.

Labino, Dominick, Visual Art in Glass, Dubuque, Iowa, W. C. Brown, 1968, p. 71, repr. fig. 54.

Lanmon, Dwight P., and Arlene M. Palmer, "John Frederick Amelung and the New Bremen Glassmanufactory," Journal of Glass Studies, vol. 28, 1976, pp. 14-136; rev. ed. in John Frederick Amelung: Early American Glassmaker, Corning, N.Y., and London, Corning Museum of Glass Press and Associated University Presses, 1990, pp. 13-145, pp. 70-71, Cat. no. 11, repr. figs. 30 A-C.

Robert T. Matthews, Engraved Glass and Other Decorated Glass, West Friendship, Md., author, 1978, p. 135, repr. p. 41.

Wilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.]: National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.): ill. (some col.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 70, no. 6, colorpl. 6, p. 74.

Page, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 128, repr. (col.) p. 129.