vase

Object NameVase

Maker Glassworks of the Count of Buquoy

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Dateabout 1825-1840

Place MadeSouthern Bohemia, probably Jiretin pod Jedlovou (Sankt Georgenthal); Southern Bohemia, probably Stribrny Vrch (Silberberg)

Techniquemold-blown, cut, gilt

Accession Number62.3.34

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

East Meets West: Cross-Cultural Influences in Glassmaking in the 18th and 19th Centuries

Not On View

Physical DescriptionBlack non-lead glass; mold-blown, cut, gilt. Waisted neck; flared, scalloped rim; gilt line below the rim, and scattered gilt stylized clouds, insects, a snake, and foliage; bulbous band, formerly gilt, above an ovoid body, with gilt Chinoiserie decoration, a man, palm tree, fabulous bird, stylized pine tree, etc.; bulbous ring, formerly gilt, below; waisted stem with gilt decoration similar to that on the neck; hollow disk-shaped foot; ground flat bottom.
Provenance

Source Emilie Holaubek