tumbler

Object NameTumbler, Ranftbecher

Maker(decoration) Anton Kothgasser

Made FromGlass

Date1800-1899

Place MadeAustria

TechniqueFree-blown, cut, gilded, stained, painted

SizeOverall H: 11.4 cm; Rim Diam (max): 8.5 cm; Base Diam (max): 7.3 cm

Accession Number50.3.48

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

East Side Winter Antiques Show

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionTumbler, Ranftbecher. Colorless non-lead glass; free-blown, cut, gilded, stained, and painted. Fashioned from single gather with straight sides flaring slightly at beveled rim gilded inside and out, and tapering slightly to projecting straight-sided foot-base having sides cut in triangular flutes and outlined in gold; ground and polished pontil mark; decoration: on front, on yellow (silver stain) octagonal (square with chamfered corners) panel and painted in black and grays, a rainbow arc, cherub with laurel wreath and olive branch upraised, and dove of peace with olive sprig in beak, against a background of clouds, panel bordered in gold flower-and-leaf band; below large panel, "La Paix" (The Peace) on small panel bordered by gold-edged yellow (silver stain) band; at top, extending from panel, three pairs of crossed laurel sprays; signed on base, engraved initials "A K" in triangles formed by flutes and in line with space between first and second group of leaves at left of crossed stems in middle spray.
Provenance

Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978) - 1950-11-06

Former Collection Dr. Koehler

Former Collection Frederick Neuberg