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Object NameTumbler Showing Emperor Francis Joseph I of Austria

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1830

Techniqueblown, cut, enameled, gilded

SizeOverall H: 11.3 cm, Diam: 7.6 cm

Accession Number69.3.70

Credit LineGift of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Heads of State

Place Made

Northern Bohemia

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, enameled, gilded. Cylindrical form with cut, gilded, inset rim; a band of cut diamonds around the base; an oval panel containing the transparent enameled portrait of Emperor Franz I of Austria, with a yellow-stained and gilded border, and flanked by crossed fronds (one with red berries); on the reverse, a cut diminishing lens and the gilded script inscription "Franz lebe ! Oesterreichs hanz !/Der Vater der Deutschen soll leben !/Den Frieden Hat er der Welt/Uns Gluck und Worlstand/gegeben"; cut star on base.
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