1957.0018.044 Nonlead glass tumbler
  • 1957.0018.044 Nonlead glass tumbler
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Glass (for drinking) (Tumbler or beaker)

  • Category:

    Glass

  • Place of Origin:

    Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

  • Date:

    1790-1820

  • Materials:

    Glass (nonlead)

  • Techniques:

    Blown, Cut, Engraved

  • Museum Object Number:

    1957.0018.044


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Object Number

1957.0018.044

Object Name

Glass (for drinking) (Tumbler or beaker)

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, Cut, Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

4.961 (H) , 3.738 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

12.6 (H) , 9.495 (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. 82 illustrates a tumbler sharing several similar features, in terms of engraved decoration, to the glass example shown here. Unlike the glass example, however, the catalogue tumbler has groupings of narrow vertical lozenge motifs between the stars, rather than single large horizontal lozenges, near the rim. The caption for no. 82 translates as "[Beerglass], scalloped at the base and engraved garlands."

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. 51, p. 101
[Book] McKearin, Helen & McKearin, George S. 1950 Two hundred years of American blown glass.
Published: pl. 41, fig. 6.