Goblet

Art Historical Context

This elegant goblet, crafted in pressed glass with a distinctive diamond thumbprint pattern, hails from mid-19th-century America (1850–60). The "diamond thumbprint" refers to its textured surface of diamond-shaped facets interspersed with rounded, thumbprint-like indentations, creating a sparkling, tactile appeal that catches the light beautifully. Pressed glass, a revolutionary technique of the era, involved forcing molten glass into ornate metal molds under high pressure, enabling mass production of affordable yet sophisticated tableware. Produced during the Victorian period's peak of indus...