1957.0018.045 Glass tumbler
  • 1957.0018.045 Glass tumbler
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Glass (for drinking) (Tumbler, beaker or beer glass)

  • Category:

    Glass

  • Place of Origin:

    Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

  • Date:

    1800-1810

  • Materials:

    Glass (nonlead)

  • Techniques:

    Blown, Wheel-engraved, Cut

  • Museum Object Number:

    1957.0018.045


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Object Number

1957.0018.045

Object Name

Glass (for drinking) (Tumbler, beaker or beer glass)

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Place of Origin

Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

Date

1800-1810

Subjects

Masonic imagery; Gardiner's Island catalog associated

Materials

Glass (nonlead)

Techniques

Blown, Wheel-engraved, Cut

Dimensions (inches)

4.014 (H) , 3.238 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

10.195 (H) , 8.225 (Diam)

Object Description

Web - 08/09/2013

This tumbler or beaker 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. Catalog no. 184 illustrates a tumbler much like the glass example shown here. The caption for no. 184 translates as "[Beerglass], scalloped at the base and delicately engraved [freemason symbols]."