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Goblet

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

GUSN

GUSN-12088

Description

Mold-blown pressed glass goblets have a plain circular foot with a polished pontil. The center knopped stem is hexagonal, swelling into six "thumbprinted" facets at the base of the bowl, with six circular facets above.

Details

Descriptive Terms

goblets
glass (material)
pressing
fingerprints
Glass
Thumbprint
Ashburton
Pressed
GOBLET

Pattern

Ashburton

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

6 x 3.375 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1184.2

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