Covered Goblet Depicting Four Continents
date: label: Date
content: 1750–70
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: (a) Flaring chalice cut at the bottom and engraved with the figures of the Four Continents between rocaille columns. Asia with crescent sceptre and camels; Europe with globe and sceptre; Africa in feather skirt and headdress, with monkey and elephant; America in feather skirt, collar and headdress, with lion, crocodile and camel. Cut, short baluster stem and foot. (b) Cover, engraved with scrolls, and a cut knob, gilt, like rim of cup.
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1960-1-81-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: glasswares
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: Covered Goblet
label: Type
content: Covered Goblet
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: glass, gold leaf
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (a, b): 28.9 x 10.2 cm (11 3/8 in. x 4 in.)