Goblet with cover

Ceramics and Glass Collection

Accession Nr.: 18120.a-b
Date of production:
ca. 1740
Place of production: Silesia
Materials: colourless glass; glass
Techniques: blown; faceted; ground decoration
Dimensions:
height: 23 cm
opening diameter: 7 cm
base diameter: 8 cm
The cornet-shaped cup is connected to the flat circular foot by a faceted stem. It has a finial on the domed cover. On the front side there are two equestrian figures in cartouches: one is shooting to the other. Above the attacker is an arm stretched out of the clouds and holding a crown, with the inscription "Zum Lohne die Krone". On the opposite side is a coat-of-arms in a cartouche of rich decoration: once split and twice cut shield: in fields 1.—4. a dog steps to the left in fields 2.—5. a bastion is on the right and a fesse is on the left, in fields 3-—6. a snake (?). It is covered with crests and has five helmets on the top. Crests: the first is a rearing winged horse, enlarging, the second is a crowned male figure, enlarging, with a sword in his right hand and four sceptres in his left hand the third is a crowned facing male figure wearing a cloak, enlarging, with a sceptre in his right hand and an orb in his left the fourth is a male figure wearing a turban, enlarging, with a bended bow on his left shoulder and with three arrows with heads turned upwards, the fifth is an aigrette (?).

Literature

  • Varga Vera: Üvegen innen és túl - Bor és Üveg. Magyar Szőlő- és Borkultúra Kht., Budapest, 2003. - Nr.20.
  • Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Péter Márta: Barokk és rokokó. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 2.41. (Tompos Lilla, Katona Imre)
  • Szerk.: Radocsay Dénes, Farkas Zsuzsanna: Az európai iparművészet remekei. Száz éves az Iparművészeti Múzeum. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1972. - Nr. 200.