2008.0047 Glass mug
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Glass (for drinking) (Mug)

  • Category:

    Glass

  • Place of Origin:

    Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

  • Date:

    1790-1825

  • Materials:

    Glass (nonlead); Gilt

  • Techniques:

    Blown, Gilded, Painted, Ground

  • Museum Object Number:

    2008.0047


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Object Number

2008.0047

Object Name

Glass (for drinking) (Mug)

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Tara MacNeil Veitch and Neil MacNeil

Place of Origin

Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

Date

1790-1825

Subjects

Gardiner's Island catalog associated

Materials

Glass (nonlead); Gilt

Techniques

Blown, Gilded, Painted, Ground

Dimensions (inches)

3.819 (H) , 4.016 (L) , 2.953 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

9.7 (H) , 10.2 (L) , 7.5 (Diam)

Object Description

Web - 08/12/2013

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. Three sizes of virtually identical mugs are illustrated as nos. 165-167, in the catalogue, with number 165 described (translation) as "Mug, of dark blue glass, with gilt rim and small stars." These are followed by two similarly colored and gilt drawings listed as "oval Salt-cellar, cut and gilt of gark blue glass."

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
Mate at Winterthur (1974.0069): p. 100, no. 49.
[Book] von Strasser, Rudolf & Baumgartner, Sabine. Licht und Farbe: Dekoriertes Glas--Renaissance, Barock, Biedermeier Die Sammlung Rudolf von Strasser.
Covered Bohemian blue glass mug with similar body shape and gilt rim, different primary gilt ornament: pp. 184, 188, Bohemian, c. 1780, gilt scene of young woman standing by ruin.
[Book] Mikhailova, Olga E. 1974 Spanish Glass in the Hermitage/Spanisches Glas aus der Ermitage.
Spanish white glass beaker of similar body shape and ornamental taste: no. 216, La Granja de San Ildefonso, c. 1775
[Manuscript] Schiefner, Joseph. Pattern book for glass, [ca. 1790-ca. 1825].
Very similar mugs in Winterthur's (71x206.1) Gardiner's Island NY manuscript sales catalogue of Bohemian Glass: listed as "Mug, of dark blue glass, with gilt rim and small stars" (see Registrar's file or Library, Downs collection
[Book] Thompson, Neville. Winterthur Library Revealed: Five Centuries of Design and Inspiration.
Gardiner's Island Catalogue information: p. 33, no. 43