Goblet
Dateca. 1680
OriginEngland
MediumGlass
DimensionsOH: 12 9/16"
OD: 3 7/8" (bowl); 3 13/16 (foot); 4 7/16" (Cover)
OD: 3 7/8" (bowl); 3 13/16 (foot); 4 7/16" (Cover)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1960-868,A&B
DescriptionGoblet and cover: A: ceremonial goblet with cover, round funnel bowl, decorated at waist with "nip't diamond waies"; set up on a vernicular collar beneath which are 4 ears with pinched trailing, above a plain section and folded foot. Within bowl is a hollow knop within which is a Charles II coin. The coin is an English silver three penny piece (1670-1684), but the date is not visible. B: Nip and cover with pinched ring, finial with volute and spiral work, socket and flange.
ProvenancePurchased by Howard Phillips,11a Henrietta Place, London, W. 1, England, on Colonial Williamsburg's behalf at auction. Auction, Sotheby's, London, October 21, 1960, Lot 58
1725-1755
ca. 1750
ca. 1745
ca. 1750
1717 (dated)
ca. 1765
