Glass
Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe
1790-1820
Glass (nonlead)
Blown, Cut, Engraved
1957.0018.042
Object Number1957.0018.042 |
Glass (for drinking) (Mug)
Glass
Museum purchase
Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe
Probable origin.
1790-1820
Gardiner's Island catalog associated
Glass (nonlead)
Blown, Cut, Engraved
2.874 (H) , 3.455 (L) , 2.518 (Diam)
7.3 (H) , 8.775 (L) , 6.395 (Diam)
This mug 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. The catalogue illustrates somewhat similar mugs as nos. 122-124. The Gardiner's Island examples are slightly different in shape and have differently engraved (frosted) banding near the rim. The caption for no. 122 translates as "[Mug] with engraved garlands." That for no. 123, lists "[Mug] with delicate garlands," and that for no. 124, "[Mug] with delicate festoons and small stars."
[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
• Published: no. 50, p. 100