Gobelet

Moulded blown glass with embossed decoration. Deeply moulded bottom. "Discovered in Metz, these glasses illustrate the coexistence on the Lorraine Renaissance market of glass productions of different traditions. The first three (cat.120 to122) attest to the diffusion in Lorraine of productions from the German forests. The embossed cups with upset bottoms (cat.120) are well known in the Rhine valley until the early 16th century, where they were sometimes used as reliquaries (maigelen)."