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Glass Society Zoom Talk:

SUZANNE HIGGOTT

 An intriguing glass goblet in the Casa-Museu
Dr. Anastácio Gonçalves in Lisbon

An unusual glass goblet in the Casa-Museu Dr. Anastácio Gonçalves in Lisbon, Portugal, is enamelled with the name and arms of a 17th-century French aristocrat, and dated 1613. Henri II Bourbon, Prince de Condé (1588-1646), was Louis XIII’s closest male relative and second in line to the French throne. What is the significance of the date 1613? Does it refer to Condé’s flight and exile from France that year? Or was it when the glass was made? Was the glass made in the 17th century, or is it a 19th-century copy, pastiche or forgery? This talk describes the results of research to answer these
questions.

Suzanne Higgott retired in 2024 from the post of Curator of Glass, Limoges Painted Enamels, Earthenware and Early Furniture at the Wallace Collection, London. Her publications include The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Glass and Limoges Painted Enamels (2011). She is on the board of the Association for the History of Glass and edits its email newsletter for members, The Glass Intelligence.

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Picture credit: Casa-Museu Dr. Anastácio Gonçalves, Lisbon