Glass
Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe
1790-1820
Glass (nonlead)
Blown, Pressed, Wheel-engraved, Facet cut
1957.0018.035
Object Number1957.0018.035 |
Glass (for drinking) (Liqueur glass or Rummer)
Glass
Museum purchase
Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe
1790-1820
Gardiner's Island catalog associated
Glass (nonlead)
Blown, Pressed, Wheel-engraved, Facet cut
3.996 (H) , 1.811 (Diam)
10.15 (H) , 4.6 (Diam)
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.
[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