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Goblet (Berkemeyer)
The collection record classifies this work as glass. It is dated c. 1525–50. Recorded culture or place: Germany.
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- Museum title
- Goblet (Berkemeyer)
- Date
- c. 1525–50
- Culture / origin
- Germany
- Materials and technique
- green glass
- Dimensions
- Overall: 12.6 cm (4 15/16 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1991.16
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
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.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund · CC0
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