Renaissance Revival lidded goblet

Technical School for Gem Setting and Cutting, Turnov, Bohemia

1891

Mountain crystal; cast, enchased, and gilt silver with filigree; set with Bohemian garnets and pearls

H: 17 cm

UMP 9908

Purchased at the Prague Jubilee Exhibition of 1891.

Based on a design by Josef Malina, the headmaster of the Technical School for Gem Setting and Cutting in Turnov, with engravings by master teacher Karel Zapp and goldsmithing by student Jaroslav Fröhlich. The goblet epitomised the work of the Turnov school at the Prague Jubilee Exhibition of 1891.

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The school’s exhibition at the Prague Jubilee Exhibition of 1891