Collections: Decorative Arts: Goblet

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Goblet

• Maker: Pairpoint Manufacturing Company, 1880-1929
• Medium: Silverplate
• Place Manufactured: New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
• Dates: ca. 1885
• Dimensions: 4 13/16 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (12.2 x 7.9 x 7.9 cm)
• Markings: Impressed on bottom: "PAIRPOINT MFG CO / QUADRUPLE [company logo] PLATE / NEW BEDFORD MASS"; 1602"
• Inscriptions: Applied paper label in interior of bowl: "CHRISTIE'S / 54 / 10.21.89"
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is not on view
• Accession Number: 1994.119.3
• Credit Line: Gift of Paul F. Walter
• Image: Group, 1994.119.1_1994.119.2a-c_1994.119.3_1994.119.4.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
Pairpoint Manufacturing Company (1880-1929). Goblet, ca. 1885. Silverplate, 4 13/16 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (12.2 x 7.9 x 7.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 1994.119.3 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1994.119.1_1994.119.2a-c_1994.119.3_1994.119.4.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Silverplate goblet; part of set with pitcher and stand (1994.119.2a-c) and a matching goblet (1994.119.4). Downward tapering polished cylindrical bowl, with cup-shaped bottom. Asymmetrical incised floral decoration in the Japanese taste on one half of bowl; molded segmented horizontal band around lower portion of bowl with alternating stylized floral motifs. Tripartite flared stem with central knob, resting on broad polished, flat, slightly raised base.