Goblet

Artist Paul Oppitz (engraver) (British | English, 1827-1894)

Place of OriginHaida (Nový Bor, Czech Republic)

Dateabout 1845

DimensionsH (goblet with lid): 20 5/8 in. (52.4 cm);
H (goblet 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 (goblet rim): 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
(of goblet foot): 5 in. (12.7 cm)

MediumColorless potash glass; blown, applied, wheel-engraved, polished

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

2004.3A-B

Not on View

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.

Published References"Recent acquistions," Newsletter of the Decorative Arts Society, Inc., vol. 12, no. 3, Fall 2004, p. 15, repr. (incl. detail) inside back cover.

Page, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 137, repr. (col.).

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Installation of Selections from the Glass Gallery, October 8-December 26, 2004. (no catalog)