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tumbler

Object NameTumbler or Beaker

Maker(decoration) Johann Josef Mildner

Made FromGlass, Lacquer, Gold Leaf

Date1785-1787

Place MadeAustria

TechniqueFree-blown, polished

SizeOverall H: 10.5 cm; Rim Diam (max): 10 cm; Base Diam (max): 6.6 cm

Accession Number51.3.219

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionTumbler or Beaker. Milk-white glass (milchglas); free-blown. Double-walled, slender cylindrical form with set-in lacquer and gold-leaf border at top and medallion on side; flat base with small polished pontil mark; border: alternating trio of ovals and round-end rectangles in gold on red lacquer between narrow gold bands; medallion: Saint Anne holding the Virgin, and at bottom, inscription "Sanct" "Anna" and monogram "A.H." in gold leaf on red lacquer background, gold border of rope-ring and flat band.
Provenance

Source Rosenberg & Stiebel - 1951-03-23

Former Collection Frederick Neuberg
Leitmaritz, Czechoslovakia and Israel