beaker

Object NameBeaker with Portrait of James the Great

Maker Johann Josef Mildner

Made FromNon-lead Glass

Date1790

Place MadeAustria, Heiligenkreuz-Gutenbrunn

Techniqueblown, cut, zwischengoldglas technique

SizeOverall H: 10.8 cm; Diam (rim): 7.8 cm

Accession Number79.3.251

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut zwischengoldglas panel. Tapered, straight-sided, circular shape; border of polished ovals alternating with engraved floral sprigs near the rim; oval panel bearing a gilt portrait of a Saint, inscribed "S. IACOBUS MAIUR" inset into the bowl; silvered back to the panel, inscribed in script "Jacob/Waschnagovsky/Pfarrer zu Freischting" and "Verfertiget zu Gutenbrunn im/Fürnbergischen Grossen Weinsperg/ wald. 1790" and "von Mildner" below; polished oval facets around the base; flat-polished bottom.
Provenance

Former Collection Viktor Schick
Sotheby's, London, May 4, 1938

Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation