The silver goblet has a long history but, goblets of a non-religious are uncommon until the late 1760s at the beginning of George III’s reign. Religious goblets can be found from the middle to later years of the seventeenth century with or without a paten and they are generally referred to as chalices. A few goblets for secular use(rare)are known from the late sixteenth and throughout the seventeenth century and these are often of smaller capacity than later examples.
With the introduction of the larger size dining tables in the mid eighteenth-century goblets were made in increasingly large quantities. They are mostly made as singles but often in pairs. The idea of larger sets tends to appear much later and only became popular in the 1930s and later.
The goblets from the 1760s onward are usually reasonably large and of plain form with some fine engraving appearing by the 1780s.The early goblets tend to stand on a circular foot and by the 1790s sometimes on a square pedestal foot or of a shaped nature. By about 1820 there is a huge variety of shapes and decorative motifs used on goblets and sizes vary greatly.
At William Walter, we have a fine range of goblets from the eighteenth century right up to the modern era, for you to purchase.
