Glass
Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe
1800-1810
Glass (nonlead)
Blown, Wheel-engraved, Cut
1957.0018.045
Object Number1957.0018.045 |
Glass (for drinking) (Tumbler, beaker or beer glass)
Glass
Museum purchase
Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe
1800-1810
Masonic imagery; Gardiner's Island catalog associated
Glass (nonlead)
Blown, Wheel-engraved, Cut
4.014 (H) , 3.238 (Diam)
10.195 (H) , 8.225 (Diam)
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]."