wine glass

Object NameWineglass with Peasant Scene

MakerSigned Willhem van Heemskerck

Made FromLead Glass, Silver

Dateabout 1770-1790

Place MadeEngland (glass); Netherlands (engraved)

TechniqueBlown, Cut, Stipple Engraved

SizeOverall H: 17.3 cm; Foot Diam: 7.8 cm; Rim Diam: 7.2 cm

Accession Number75.2.16

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown, cut, stipple engraved; engraved sheet silver mount. Round-funnel bowl, facet-cut at the base; faintly stipple-engraved peasant scene on the side of the bowl, of a man seated on a barrel, a woman on a large sack, the man tickling the woman's chin; inscribed below "W A van Heemskerck / fec:" in script stippling; panel-cut stem with two angular knops; lower half of the stem covered with a six-sided silver sleeve, top ending in scalloping; panels decorated with engraved scrolls; conical foot; rough pontil mark.
Provenance

Former Collection Walter F. Altschul - 1975-12-08