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Goblet (Berkemeyer)

c. 1525–50

Germany

Medium
green glass
Measurements
Overall: 12.6 cm (4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1991.16
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Location
114 Late Northern Renaissance
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Description

Green goblets were frequently used for white wine, since the color was thought to enhance the wine’s golden shade. This goblet ornamented with prunts, or glass blobs, has a funnel-shaped mouth and was typical of German and Netherlandish manufacture in the 1500s and 1600s. The green color, caused by iron impurities in the local sand, is typical of Waldglas (“forest glass” in German), made in the forests of Central Europe.
Dark green glass goblet with a smooth, round cup faded to a murky white with hazy green and gold mostly around the edges. A cylindrical base begins the stem, with columns of two dollops of glass encircling, occasionally dark green, occasionally faded white and splattered with cream color. A narrow stem extends from this. The stem extends up from concentric rings like ripples before flaring like a splash where it meets the cylinder.

Goblet (Berkemeyer)

c. 1525–50

Germany

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