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wine glass

Object NameWineglass
Made FromNon-lead glass
Date1900
Place MadeBohemia
Techniqueblown, enameled
SizeOverall H: 14.8 cm; Rim Diam: 8.3 cm; Foot Diam: 7.9 cm
Accession Number79.3.713
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionPolychrome enamel decoration on transparent pink, amber non-lead glass; blown, enameled. Conical bowl, with cracked-off rim and gilt decoration over, bowl completely covered with enameled leaves and flowers and two bees as well as two grape bunches formed of tiny beads fastened to the surface of the glass, one green and the other amber; applied straight stem and foot of amber glass, stem gilded and upper surface of foot enameled with flowers and blue and red grape bunches formed by beads; foot rim gilded and under surface has "766" in gilt and "S2485" in green paint.
Provenance
Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978)
Humpen
1800-1899
La Cigale (Cicada)
Émile Gallé
1884
vase
Verreries de Vallérysthal
about 1897