tumbler

Object NameTumbler

Maker Daum Freres (French)

Made FromGlass

Date1900

Techniquemachine-pressed; acid-etched; gilded, enameled

SizeH: 13.2 cm, D(rim): 5.8 cm, (max): 6.5 cm

Accession Number79.3.1171

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

France, Nancy

Physical DescriptionColorless glass with gilding and black and red enamels; probably machine-pressed; acid-etched; gilded and enameled. Tumbler with plain rim; wall splays slightly to greatest diameter below mid-point and then tapers to bottom; flat base. Decoration consists of gold rim and one incomplete and two complete Cross of Lorraine motifs, raised with gilded edges; behind these, against matte acid-etched background, long, thorny, thread-like stems which curve and divide, covered with black enamel; stems terminate in trefoil leaves which are partly covered with very thin black enamel and have acid-etched and gilded veins, and in buds which are gilded with red enamel details. Acid-etched mark under base: two lines of cursive script, "Daum/ [Cross of Lorraine] Nancy".
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