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tumbler

Object NameTumbler

Maker(decoration) Gottlob Samuel Mohn

Made FromGlass, Enamels

Date1809

TechniqueProbably molded, painted

SizeOverall H: 9.1 cm; Rim Diam (max): 7.5 cm; Base Diam (max): 7 cm

Accession Number51.3.221

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

East Side Winter Antiques Show

Place Made

Germany

Physical DescriptionTumbler. Colorless glass; probably molded for form, painted in transparent enamels. Cylindrical form with bevel on inside of rim and with smooth flat base; decoration: at top, below rim, circlet of compact oak leaves in green from which depend festoons, inscriptions in semicircles formed by festoons -- on obverse, festoon of pink roses and green leaves and "der 16.April" above "Abend 1/2 6 Uhr." (the 16th of April, 5:30 o'clock in the evening); at right, festoon of clover-like green leaves and "der 9.August" above Nachmittag 2 Uhr" (the 9th of August; 2 o'clock in the afternoon); on reverse, festoon of green ivy and "1809"; at left, festoon of feathery green leaves and "der Juni" above "fruh 1/2 3 Uhr". (the 13th of June; 2:30 in the morning) --; encircling lower part of glass, street and buildings depicting the Leipzig market place; intervening space between festoons and roofs of buildings, frosted in appearance; signed "G. Mohn f"; on inside of bottom monogram "F S" in lavender scrolled lines.
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