Goblet from the Kungsholm glassworks
Swedish Baroque glass: covered goblets with crowns and engraved monograms, from a glassworks in the middle of Stockholm.
The Kungsholm glassworks in Stockholm operated from 1676 to 1815 and made fine glass for the court and the nobility. The glassblowers often came from Venice and Germany, and the forms followed façon de Venise.
The goblets were engraved with royal monograms and crowns and used for toasts and feasts. They are early examples of Swedish design in glass.
Materials: Soda glass, often engraved
Manufacture: Mouth-blown at the Kungsholm glassworks in Stockholm; the engraving was done with copper wheels.
The cover with a finial in the form of a crown.
Engraved monograms, arms or inscriptions.
The glass is often slightly grey and has small bubbles.