Object Number 1969.1428

Object Name

Glass (for drinking) (Mug)

Title

OCTOBER

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Graf Harrach (factory) (Possible maker)

Place of Origin

Neuwelt or Novy Svet, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

Date

1765-1780

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Below exterior rim edge; Painted in block gilt letters, "OCTOBER"

Subjects

Allegory; Zodiac; Astrology

Materials

Glass (nonlead); Enameled

Techniques

Blown, Painted, Gilded, Enameled

Dimensions (inches)

5.787 (H) , 6.043 (L) , 4.459 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

14.7 (H) , 15.35 (L) , 11.325 (Diam)

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. 40, pp. 90-91 and PL. 16, p. 49, Bohemia or southern Germany.
[Book] Drahotova, Olga. 1983 European Glass.
• Similar shape white glass mug with gilt rim and "AFRICA" figure (black figure on elephant), painted in somewhat similar style to Winterthur mug: pp. 152-4, no. 108, Harrach factory, Neuwelt, Bohemia, c. 1770
[Book] Petrova, Sylva & Olivie, Jean-Luc. 1989 Bohemian Glass 1400-1989.
• Probably the same "Milchglass" mug as above: p. 51, c. 1770, Probably the Harrach Glassworks in Novy Svet