tumbler
Object NameTumbler
Maker
Daum Freres
(French)
Made FromGlass
Date1900
Place MadeFrance, Nancy
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)
Not On View
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".Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978)
