tumbler
Object NameTumbler
Maker
Johann Josef Mildner
Made FromGlass
Date1792
Place MadeAustria
Techniquefree-blown, cut, gilt, enameled and gilt medallion
SizeH: 11.3 cm; D (rim): 7.5 cm, (base): 6.7 cm
Accession Number54.3.13
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionClear glass with few bubbles; few wear marks; free-blown, cut and gilt with enameled and gilt set-in medallion. Slightly conical body; a hoop has been cut off the rim, another off the bottom, the latter being replaced by a ring with an incorporated twisted waveband, gold on red; the set-in medallion shows an elderly man, turned to the left, in a grey coat with golden buttons, against a greenish-grey background and surrounded by a leaf-ornament band, gold on red; on the golden rim at the bottom a small "8"; on the reverse side the inscription engraved in a gold leaf: "Verfertigt zu Gutenbrunn im Fuernbergischen grossen Weinspergwald 1792. Von Mildner" (Made in the Fuernbergischen big Weinspergforest 1792. By Mildner.); the medallion is surrounded by a band of small cut flutes.Provenance
Former Collection
Bertha Schafranek
Source
Leopold Blumka
(-1973)
