Object Number 1959.0047 A, B

Object Name

Glass (for drinking) (Goblet or pokal)

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

John Frederick Amelung (Probable maker)
06/26/1741-11/21/1798

Place of Origin

Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1791-1793

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; In engraved wreath; Wheel-engraved script "G. J. Schley"

Materials

Glass (nonlead)

Techniques

Blown, Wheel-engraved

Dimensions (inches)

11.875 (H) , 4.625 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

30.163 (H) , 11.748 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

Diam (foot): 4 7/8".

Object Description

Text available soon.

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. 16, p. 70. See extensive bibliography for other places this object was published.
[Book] McKearin, George S. & McKearin, Helen. 1989 American Glass.
• Published: pl. 36, no. 3
[Book] McKearin, Helen & McKearin, George S. 1950 Two hundred years of American blown glass.
• Published: frontispiece
[Article] Montgomery, Florence. 1959 "An Amelung Sugar Bowl". Journal of Glass Studies. 1: 89-93.
• Published: fig. 5, p. 92
[Article] McKearin, George S. 1950 This is How it Happened. Antiques. 58 (4): 290-293.
• Published: p. 290-293
[Article] Naeve, Milo M. 1964 "The Schley Goblet". Winterthur Portfolio. 1
• Published: p. 121
[Article] Lanmon, Dwight P. & Palmer, Arlene. 1976 "The New Bremen Glassmanufactory of John Frederick Amelung". Journal of American Glass Studies. 18
• Published: pp. 84-85
[Book] Weiss, Gustav & Seligman, Janet. 1971 The Book of Glass.
• Published: p. 235
[Book] Richman, Irwin. 2001 Pennsylvania German Arts: More than Hearts, Parrots, and Tulips.
• Published: p. 108
[Article] Palmer, Arlene. 1979 Glassmakers of Early America, in Quimby, Ian M.G. 1979. The Craftsmen in Early America. 159- 189.
• Published: fig. 8
[Article] Ackermann, Daniel Kurt. 07//2012 Our Spirited Ancestors: The Decorative Art of Drinking in the Early South. Antiques and Fine Art. XII (1): 156-163.
• Very similar Amelung example, inscribed "F. Marshall" for Frederick William Marshall: p. 161, fig. 9. Brought to him in Salem, NC, when daughter and granddaughter moved there in 1792.