Glass (for drinking) (Rummer or goblet)

Description

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.