tumbler

Object NameTumbler

Maker Anton Kothgasser

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1814

Place MadeAustria

TechniqueFree-blown, cut, gilded, enameled

SizeH: 9.4 cm, D (rim): 6.2 cm

Accession Number54.3.247

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionClear glass; wear marks; free-blown, cut, gilded and enameled. Cylindrical body; cut diamond frieze at bottom; multicolored portrait of Alexander I of Russia (green uniform, red collar, blue scarf) in a silverstained medallion surrounded by two green branches; on the other side the golden inscription: "Wer wird nicht Alexandern hier mit Lorbeern gern umwinden? - Hilft er nicht auch mit Thaetigkeit den Frieden uns zu gruenden? - Vivat."; on the bottom the red signature: "A: K:"; gilded rim.
Provenance

Former Collection Ernest Herzfelder

Source Marianne Rubner

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