Glass (for drinking) (Liqueur glass or Rummer)

Description

This liqueur glass or rummer 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. Glasses sharing somewhat similar features in terms of engraved and cut decoration appear in the catalogue as numbers 88, 96, and 101. The caption for no. 88 translates as"...[Goblet, (showing a drawing of a square) base, delicately cut] with engraved garlands." Numbers 96 and 101 have captions with similar meaning to the above.