Cleveland Museum of Art

Goblet (Berkemeyer)

Date

c. 1525–50

Medium

green glass

Culture

Germany

Department

Decorative Art and Design

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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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