Object Number 1969.1333

Object Name

Glass (for drinking) (Rummer or goblet)

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Possibly Bohemia, Germany or Czech Republic, Europe

Origin Notes

Previously recorded as Germany.

Date

1790-1820

Subjects

Gardiner's Island catalog associated

Materials

Glass (nonlead)

Techniques

Wheel-engraved, Blown, Cut

Dimensions (inches)

5.118 (H) , 3.386 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

13 (H) , 8.6 (Diam)

Object Description

Web - 08/12/2013

This glass 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. Number 94, in the catalogue, portrays a glass of similar shape and stem and base forms, with slightly different faceting. A more complex frosted-band motif encircles the rim of the bowl.