Glass (for drinking) (Tumbler or beaker)

Description

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 number 59, illustrates a tumbler of similar shape with wheel engraved floral ornament resembling, but differing in details from the Winterthur glass. The floral ornament in the catalogue is a large, asymmetrical stylized bouquet of flowers, featuring cross-hatching as part of the ornament. (There is a narrow wavy line engraved at the rim of the catalogue tumbler.) The title of the glass in the catalogue translates as "[Tumbler]. with engraving, 1 Quart."