Glass (for drinking) (Mug)

Description

This mug 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. The catalogue illustrates somewhat similar mugs as nos. 122-124. The Gardiner's Island examples are slightly different in shape and have differently engraved (frosted) banding near the rim. The caption for no. 122 translates as "[Mug] with engraved garlands." That for no. 123, lists "[Mug] with delicate garlands," and that for no. 124, "[Mug] with delicate festoons and small stars."