Goblet

Place of OriginGermany (Silesia)

Date1740-1745

DimensionsH: 7 3/32 in. (18 cm); Rim Diam: 3 1/8 in. (8 cm); Base Diam: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)

MediumBlown and cut glass, with wheel-engraved decoration

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

1950.55

Not on View

DescriptionEngraved decoration on obverse: portrait of Frederick the Great and the Prussian Eagle; on reverse: Monogram FR under crown.

Label TextChristian Gottfried Schneider was the most famous gem and glass engraver from the Hirschberg Valley in Silesia (parts of modern Poland, Czech Republic, and Germany), known for its highly skilled cutters. This glass reflects the exuberant 18th-century Rococo style popular in the eastern part of continental Europe until the 1770s and characterized in glass by dense c-scroll decoration. The portrait of the Prussian King Frederic II (ruled 1740-1786) probably derived from a medal issued by the monarch in 1741.