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Glass (for drinking) (Mug)
OCTOBER
Graf Harrach (factory)
1765-1780
Category
Glass
Creator/Artist/Maker
Graf Harrach (factory) (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Neuwelt or Novy Svet; Bohemia; Czech Republic; Europe
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
- Enameled
Museum Object Number
1969.1428
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Complete Details
Object Number
1969.1428
Object Name
Glass (for drinking) (Mug)
Title
OCTOBER
Category
Glass
Creator (Role)
Graf Harrach (factory) (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Neuwelt or Novy Svet; Bohemia; Czech Republic; Europe
Date
1765-1780
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Below exterior rim edge
Inscription: Painted in block gilt letters, "OCTOBER"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Allegory
- Zodiac
- Astrology
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
- Enameled
Techniques
- Blown
- Painted
- Gilded
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
5.787 (H) x 6.043 (L) x 4.459 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
14.7 (H) x 15.35 (L) x 11.325 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
• Published: no. 40, pp. 90-91 and PL. 16, p. 49, Bohemia or southern Germany.Book: Drahotova, Olga. 1983 European Glass.
• Similar shape white glass mug with gilt rim and "AFRICA" figure (black figure on elephant), painted in somewhat similar style to Winterthur mug: pp. 152-4, no. 108, Harrach factory, Neuwelt, Bohemia, c. 1770Book: Petrova, Sylva & Olivie, Jean-Luc. 1989 Bohemian Glass 1400-1989.
• Probably the same "Milchglass" mug as above: p. 51, c. 1770, Probably the Harrach Glassworks in Novy Svet