1957.0018.035 Glass liquer glass
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Glass (for drinking) (Liqueur glass or Rummer)

  • Category:

    Glass

  • Place of Origin:

    Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

  • Date:

    1790-1820

  • Materials:

    Glass (nonlead)

  • Techniques:

    Blown, Pressed, Wheel-engraved, Facet cut

  • Museum Object Number:

    1957.0018.035


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Object Number

1957.0018.035

Object Name

Glass (for drinking) (Liqueur glass or Rummer)

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Place of Origin

Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

Date

1790-1820

Subjects

Gardiner's Island catalog associated

Materials

Glass (nonlead)

Techniques

Blown, Pressed, Wheel-engraved, Facet cut

Dimensions (inches)

3.996 (H) , 1.811 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

10.15 (H) , 4.6 (Diam)

Object Description

Web - 08/09/2013

This liqueur glass or rummer 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. Glasses sharing somewhat similar features in terms of engraved and cut decoration appear in the catalogue as numbers 88, 96, and 101. The caption for no. 88 translates as"...[Goblet, (showing a drawing of a square) base, delicately cut] with engraved garlands." Numbers 96 and 101 have captions with similar meaning to the above.

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. 18, p. 72, probably Bohemia 1790-1820. (Object number mistakenly listed as 57.38..35) Shown with Gardiner's Island catalogue drawing.
[Book] McKearin, George S. & McKearin, Helen. 1989 American Glass.
Published: pl. 41, no. 5
[Manuscript] Schiefner, Joseph. Pattern book for glass, [ca. 1790-ca. 1825].
Somewhat 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