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Pair of Goblets

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1680-1720

GUSN

GUSN-2889

Description

Pair of wooden goblets, painted black, with deep cylindrical bowls above turned stem and raised circular foot; incised bands to rim and foot (perhaps it is pitch on the goblets and not black paint)

Details

Descriptive Terms

goblets
carving (processes)
incising
painting (coating)
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
Wood
Painted
Turned
Carved
Incised
Goblet

Inscription

On the bottom underside of 1359.1 is ""CH-T551""

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1991.1359.1,2

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

7 3/4 x 3 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1359.1-2

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