Glass
Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe
1790-1820
Glass (nonlead)
Wheel-engraved, Blown
1957.0018.046
Object Number1957.0018.046 |
Glass (for drinking) (Firing glass)
Glass
Museum purchase
Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe
1790-1820
Gardiner's Island catalog associated
Glass (nonlead)
Wheel-engraved, Blown
4.839 (H) , 3.11 (Diam)
12.29 (H) , 7.9 (Diam)
This so-called firing glass 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 numbers 75 and 77 illustrate examples which resemble the glass version in overall profile and engraved ornament. The catalogue glasses, however, have solid stems.
[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
• Published: p. 72, no. 19, probably Bohemia, 1790-1820 shown with Gardiner's Island catalogue drawing.
[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