Museum Object Number1957.0018.038 |
Glass (for drinking) (Wineglass)
Glass
Museum purchase
Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe
1790-1820
Gardiner's Island catalog associated
Glass (nonlead)
Blown, Pressed, Wheel-engraved, Facet cut
4.688 (H) , 2.188 (Diam)
11.91 (H) , 5.56 (Diam)
This wineglass has much in common with examples illustrated in Winterthur's so-called Gardiner's Island Glass Catalogue (71x206.1, Downs collection, Winterthur Library). The 1790-1825 Bohemian glass trade catalog is signed by Johannes Schiefner of Parchen in Bohemia. It once belonged to the Gardiner family of Gardiner's Island, New York, and documents some forms of imported glass which were available in Federal America. A similar glass, but with differently engraved (floral swags) appears in the catalogue as number 95. It's caption translates as "...Goblet, [drawing of a square] base with engraved festoons."
[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
• Published: p. 72, no. 17, probably Bohemia, 1790-1820, shown with Gardiner's Island catalogue drawing.
[Manuscript] Schiefner, Joseph. Pattern book for glass, [ca. 1790-ca. 1825].
• Similar form and engraving on glass in Winterthur's (71x206.1) Gardiner's Island NY manuscript sales catalogue of Bohemian Glass: (See Notes)
[Book] Thompson, Neville. Winterthur Library Revealed: Five Centuries of Design and Inspiration.
• Gardiner's Island Catalogue information: p. 33, no. 43