Object Number 1955.0065.003

Object Name

Glass (for drinking) (Tumbler or beaker)

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Charles K. Davis

Place of Origin

Probably Bohemia, Czech Republic or Germany, Europe

Date

1780-1820

Subjects

Gardiner's Island catalog associated

Materials

Glass (nonlead)

Techniques

Blown, Wheel-engraved

Dimensions (inches)

7.48 (H) , 6.014 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

19 (H) , 15.275 (Diam)

Object Description

Web - 08/09/2013

This tumbler, beaker, or flip 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. Tumblers of similar shape, but with differently detailed engraved baskets of flowers to the example shown here, are listed in the catalogue as no. 47 (caption translated as"...[Tumbler], with cut, 1/2 pint"), no. 51 ("...Tumbler...with engraving, 1 pint"), and no. 55 ("...Tumbler...with engraving, 1 1/2 pint").

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
• Published: pp. 92-93, no. 42, Germany or Bohemia, 1780-1820. Showing Gardiner's Island catalogue related design.
[Manuscript] Schiefner, Joseph. Pattern book for glass, [ca. 1790-ca. 1825].
• 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