A sturdy clear goblet made of shiny crystalline glass in a simple design with a wide bowl of thin glass, a thick short cylindrical stem and a weighted round base. The photograph captures the empty goblet against a gray ground.

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Object Timeline

2008	Work on this object began.
2017	We acquired this object. We photographed this object. We photographed this object. We exhibited this object.
2024	You found it!

Glass Family Goblet

This is a goblet. It was manufactured by Alessi S.p.A.. It is dated 2008 and we acquired it in 2017. Its medium is crystalline glass. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

Jasper Morrison’s Glass Family’s sophisticated forms project a sense of purity and practicality, as form meets function through direct simplicity. The displayed refinement directly opposes the behaviors with which gluttonous, excessive drinking is associated.

This object was donated by S. Bernard Paré. It is credited Gift of Bernard Paré.

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 13.2 × 7 cm (5 3/16 × 2 3/4 in.)

Cite this object as

Glass Family Goblet; Manufactured by Alessi S.p.A. (Italy); crystalline glass; H x diam.: 13.2 × 7 cm (5 3/16 × 2 3/4 in.); Gift of Bernard Paré; 2017-34-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Virtue in Vice.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2FZFwK/
Accession Number 2017-34-1
Object ID 1108954475