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DEACESSIONED December 19, 2013

Goblet (one of six)

about 1850–60
Object Place: Sandwich, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/Technique Pressed glass
Dimensions 16.19 cm (6 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Miss Kate A. Gould
Accession Number33.696
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsGlass

DescriptionOne of a set of six pressed goblets. Bell-shaped bowl in "horn of plenty" pattern (fig. 4 p. 73 August 1937 Antiques Magazine). Hexagonal stem with faceted knop, plain foot.
Provenance19th century, Thomas Smith (b. 1796 - d. 1861) and Betsey Howes Smith (b. 1797), Chatham, MA; probably by descent to Kate Augustina Gould (b. 1871 - d. 1930), Chatham; 1933, bequeathed by Kate A. Gould to the MFA for use in the Chatham Historical Society (accession date: July 20, 1933); December 19, 2013, deaccessioned by the MFA for transfer to the Chatham Historical Society.