{"id":10693,"date":"2016-04-09T18:26:28","date_gmt":"2016-04-09T22:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=10693"},"modified":"2016-04-21T18:20:15","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T22:20:15","slug":"nostetangen-goblets-with-silver-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=10693","title":{"rendered":"Nostetangen goblets with silver repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During a recent trip to Oslo, Norway, I discovered that the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design is packed\u00a0with antiques with inventive repairs. I was particularly impressed by the abundance\u00a0of intricately engraved 18th century German and Norwegian glassware, many with added silver mounts repairing snapped goblet stems and missing bases. Reflecting their rarity,\u00a0many of these priceless presentational pieces\u00a0were brought back to life\u00a0by esteemed Norwegian jewelers and silversmiths in\u00a0the 18th and 19th century. Here are some of my favorites:<\/p>\n<p>Goblet (center) engraved by H. G. Kohler, artist and engraver at N\u00f8stetangen Glassworks, on the occasion of the anointing of King Christian VII, 1767. The crimped silver joint was added later to repair the broken stem.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10871\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6374-Version-2-2.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6374 - Version 2\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6374-Version-2-2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6374-Version-2-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6374-Version-2-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10872\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6375-Version-2-2.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6375 - Version 2\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6375-Version-2-2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6375-Version-2-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6375-Version-2-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Goblet, N\u00f8stetangen, ca. 1766-1770. Engraved by H. G. Kohler with later ornate silver replacement base.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10867\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6361-Version-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6361 - Version 2\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6361-Version-2-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6361-Version-2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6361-Version-2-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10868\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6363-Version-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6363 - Version 2\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6363-Version-2-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6363-Version-2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6363-Version-2-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Goblet (center) engraved in Bohemia, c. 1720,\u00a0with silver cuff to repair a snapped stem.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10863\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10863\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10863\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6338-Version-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6338 - Version 2\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6338-Version-2-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6338-Version-2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6338-Version-2-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10864\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10864\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10864\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6342-1.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6342\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6342-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6342-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6342-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both goblets were\u00a0engraved at\u00a0N\u00f8stetangen Glassworks by an unknown engraver in 1748. The goblet at left has a silver cuff repairing a broken stem and the goblet at right has a brass replacement base.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10865\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10865\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10865\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6347.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6347\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6347.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6347-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6347-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10866\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10866\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10866\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6356-Version-2.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6356 - Version 2\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6356-Version-2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6356-Version-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6356-Version-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a recent trip to Oslo, Norway, I discovered that the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design is packed\u00a0with antiques with inventive repairs. I was particularly impressed by the abundance\u00a0of intricately engraved 18th century German and Norwegian glassware, many with added silver mounts repairing snapped goblet stems and missing bases. Reflecting their rarity,\u00a0many of these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[72,32,17],"class_list":["post-10693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anecdotal","tag-brass","tag-glass","tag-silver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10693"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10900,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10693\/revisions\/10900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}