Souvenir
Object number97.35.2
Date1881
OriginGermany
MediumGlass
Credit LineGift of Adele B. Hull
DescriptionColorless nonlead glass goblet. Pressed. Bucket bowl with inverted baluster stem with two wafers at top and one below, disk foot. Engraved decoration, stylized script lettering with double cornucopia below holding ferns and flowers. Two mold seams on stem.Dimensions5.5 x 2.75 in. (14 x 7 cm)InscriptionsIn stylized script: A K/October 17 1881
Historical NotesThis engraved presentation goblet was obtained by the donor's maternal grandfather on a trip to the German town of Wenthole. On the trip he visited the family glass factory and was given the goblet. Label TextImmigrant Arnold Koch brought back this engraved wine glass and colorless tumbler after visiting the family glass factory in Wenthole, Germany in 1881. Koch returned often to his homeland and usually came back to Pittsburgh with gifts of glass.
Previous owner
Arnold Koch
On View
On view1845-1865
1825
c. 1850
1825-1850