I thought this goblet was going to have been acid etched, similar to John Northwood’s style of acid etched decoration, it is actually engraved (couldn’t see it properly when I bought it). The outlines around the six elliptical panels and bordering the vertical frosted segments are similar to a fine acid etched line but are engraved. The portraits have been drawn by scuffing the surface, they are only shallow. The frosting has been infilled inside the boarders by abrasion.
The rim is cut and polished with the edges chamfered. The foot is polished flat. It is just over 6 inches high.
From the Harrach book, page 179/180, the style of decoration with the panels with Antique Revival portraits starts from the early 1860s (but talking about coloured transfer prints onto coloured glass).
Then also, at bottom of the second from last paragraph page 180 it says that in the 1860s Neuwelt glassmakers also attempted to match English engraved lead glass. One example is shown, a jug on page 189, with “Linear engraved ornamental decoration” no portraits. The Greek key between thin horizontal bands looks similar to the goblet, and also the vertical (not frosted) segments. It says engraved glass was only a small part of their output in the 1860s
I wonder if my goblet could be from Harrach 1860s? Engraved in a similar way to the jug but with the portraits that were popular at the time. Not sure if the flat polished foot is right for Harrach/Bohemia though?
Topic: Etruscan style engraved goblet. (Read 120 times)
