Covered Goblet
Covered Goblet
John Frederick Amelung (1741-1798)
1792
Colorless non-lead glass
HOA: 10 ¾”
Wachovia Historical Society (C-105)
In 1792 Frederick William Marshall’s (1721-1802) daughter and granddaughter moved to Salem, North Carolina, and brought him a covered goblet made and decorated at John Frederick Amelung’s New Bremen Glass Manufactory in Frederick County, Maryland. The elaborate goblet was as much a functional object as it was one of art. A pair of similarly monumental Amelung goblets in the estate inventory of Baltimore merchant George Repold (d. 1811) are listed amidst decanters, half-pint tumblers, and wine glasses – in short, amongst the rest of his drinking equipage.
