Goblet
CultureCzech
Dateca. 1840-1865
MediumNonlead glass with metallic oxide overlay
DimensionsOverall: 6 3/4 × 3 5/8 inches (17.15 × 9.22 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the Kathleen Nelson Taggart Memorial Fund
Object numberF96-7
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Collections
DescriptionColorless glass with red overlay. Engraved with an architectural view. Beneath the image is the inscription, "The race bridge fair mount water/Works, Philadelphia"Gallery LabelAlthough made in what would today be the Czech
Republic, this goblet’s decoration features a very
American scene: the Fairmount Waterworks along
Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River, built between 1812
and 1872. Considered a marvel of public engineering,
the waterworks’ appearance on this goblet suggests the
object was aimed at the American market.
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