tumbler
Object NameWar Tumbler
Designer(Enamel)
Dagobert Peche
(Austrian, 1887-1923)
Designer(Form)
Josef Hoffmann
(Austrian, 1870-1956)
Enamelerpossibly
K. & K. Fachschule für Glasindustrie Haida
(f. 1870)
Manufacturer
Johann. Oertel & Co.
(f. 1896)
Made FromGlass, Enamel
Dateabout 1915
Place MadeAustria, Vienna; Bohemia, Novy Bor (Haida) (glass and probably enamel)
TechniqueBlown, enameled, polished
SizeOverall H: 10 cm, Diam: 6.7 cm
Accession Number84.3.33
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Liquid Refreshment: 2000 Years of Drinks and Drinking Glasses
Glass of the Architects: Vienna, 1900-1937
Not On View
Interpretive NotesThis tumbler, enameled with the year “1914,” commemorates the outbreak of World War I. A professional school for glass decoration (Glasfachschule) was founded in 1870 in the town of Nový Bor (Haida).
Provenance
Source
House That Jack Built
- 1984-04-27
