Southern Netherlands, façon de Venise diamond-engraved winged goblet, the funnel-shaped bowl engraved with two oval medallions, one depicting Saint John the Baptist holding the Cross, Bible, and Lamb, and wearing a camel fur over his shoulder, the other showng Saint Paul holding a sword, the saints are flanked by two large flowers; the stem a series of coiled tubes, whose middle section is shaped like an "8" enclosing white threads and applied with pincered ornaments, on a folded conical foot

Goblet

Southern Netherlands

17th century

  • Titles Goblet (Descriptive)
  • Medium blown and diamond-engraved glass
  • Dimensions height: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of the families of Mr. and Mrs. D. Lawrence Faulkner, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Boulware III, and Mr. and Mrs. Ehney A. Camp III, in memory of their mother, Mildred Tillman Camp, 2005.6
  • Work Type goblet
  • Classification Containers
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