An exceptional intaglio-engraved goblet depicting the Greek god Pluto and Proserpina, the daughter of the Greek god Jupiter.This fabulous stemmed goblet, in my opinion, is of exhibition quality. It is most likely English and from one of the key Stourbridge factories. It stands on an octagonal flared foot in pale blue glass with engraved detail on each corner point and has a star cut decoration on the underside. The short stem is in clear glass, as is the octagonal tapered vessel, which is cased in amber. The front is superbly hand decorated with intaglio deep relief, three dimensional cutting and shows a scene from Greek mythology of the abduction of Proserpina, who was the daughter of the Greek god Jupiter, being seized and taken to the underworld by the Greek god Pluto. This image has been taken from the original marble statue which was produced by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Benini in the years 1621 and 1622. This work of art is now on display in the Italian Galleria Vil...