vase
Object NameVase with Engraved Rhineland Scenes
Made FromGlass, Silver
Date1800-1899
Place MadeBohemia
TechniqueBlown, cut, engraved, assembled
SizeOverall H: 40.6 cm, Diam (max): 12 cm
Accession Number2011.3.112
Credit LineGift of the Thomas P. Dimitroff Family
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless glass, silver metal; blown, cut, engraved, assembled. Cut glass vase with three engraved Rhineland scenes on tall narrow flaring body. Round diamond and star cut bottom with 8 scalloped edge, shaft with comet cut knob below three diamond cut rings, top with strawberry diamond panel below three large cut landscape roundels and three smaller bull’s eye roundels, flat top rim. Large roundels engraved with scenes of Bieberich Castle near Wiesbaden, Mainz city view, Johannesberg Castle, all sites along the Rhine river.Provenance
Source
Thomas P. Dimitroff
- 2011-08-29
