1957.0018.042 Nonlead glass mug
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Glass (for drinking) (Mug)

  • Category:

    Glass

  • Place of Origin:

    Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

  • Date:

    1790-1820

  • Materials:

    Glass (nonlead)

  • Techniques:

    Blown, Cut, Engraved

  • Museum Object Number:

    1957.0018.042


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Object Number

1957.0018.042

Object Name

Glass (for drinking) (Mug)

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Place of Origin

Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

Origin Notes

Probable origin.

Date

1790-1820

Subjects

Gardiner's Island catalog associated

Materials

Glass (nonlead)

Techniques

Blown, Cut, Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

2.874 (H) , 3.455 (L) , 2.518 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

7.3 (H) , 8.775 (L) , 6.395 (Diam)

Object Description

Web - 08/09/2013

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."

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
Published: no. 50, p. 100