{"id":1398,"date":"2010-04-12T13:29:48","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T18:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=1398"},"modified":"2010-12-25T17:09:42","modified_gmt":"2010-12-25T22:09:42","slug":"master-argus-glass-goblet-c-1840","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=1398","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Master Argus&#8221; glass goblet, c.1840"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An EAPG (Early American Pattern Glass)\u00a0flint glass goblet in the &#8220;Master Argus&#8221; pattern, measures 7-1\/2&#8243; tall<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1401\" title=\"IMG_2003\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2003.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2003-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What makes this replaced wood base so special is that is is made from lignum vitae, a trade wood known for its combination of strength, density and toughness. According to T.H. White&#8217;s &#8220;The Once and Future King&#8221;, Merlin&#8217;s magical staff was made of lignum vitae.\u00a0Sadly, this type of wood is now listed as a potentially endangered species.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1400\" title=\"IMG_2004\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2004.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2004-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This goblet, also in the &#8220;Master Argus&#8221; pattern still has its original base<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/28081.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1399\" title=\"2808\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/28081.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"589\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/28081.jpg 277w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/28081-141x300.jpg 141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allantiqueglass.com\">All Antique Glass<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An EAPG (Early American Pattern Glass)\u00a0flint glass goblet in the &#8220;Master Argus&#8221; pattern, measures 7-1\/2&#8243; tall What makes this replaced wood base so special is that is is made from lignum vitae, a trade wood known for its combination of strength, density and toughness. According to T.H. White&#8217;s &#8220;The Once and Future King&#8221;, Merlin&#8217;s magical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[62,32,12],"class_list":["post-1398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-goblet","tag-american","tag-glass","tag-wood-base"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398","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=1398"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4305,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398\/revisions\/4305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}