wine glass

Object NameWineglass

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1831

Place Madeprobably Bohemia

Techniqueblown, cut, engraved

SizeH: 14.1 cm, D (rim): 7.8 cm, W (foot): 8.5 cm

Accession Number79.3.601

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. Thick-walled, bell-shaped bowl, with panel-cut sides; raised rectangular panel with cut corners on the front, with three engraved motifs, on clouds of a serpent intwining a staff beside a cup, a cornucopia of flowers, and a guitar with music on the front; inscribed below "Gesundheit, Gluck u. Froh linn/sei stets Dein Begleiter"; oval panel on the reverse, inscribed gothic letters J.F./F.K./ 1831."; panel- and diamond-faceted knop; panel-cut hexagonal stem with flared, panel-cut top, flaring into a triangular foot with concave sides and rounded ends; polished flat bottom with polished concave pontil mark.
Provenance

Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation