Glass (for drinking) (Rummer or goblet)

Description

This drinking 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. Catalog number 95 illustrates a somewhat similar example with a title which translates as "Goblet, [drawing of a square] cut base with engraved festoons." The Gardiner's Island example features differently cut facets.