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Object NameBottle with Stopper

Designerprobably Adolf Beckert (Austrian, 1884-1929)

Maker K. & K. Fachschule für Glasindustrie Steinschönau (Bohemian, f. 1856)

Manufacturerpossibly Friedrich Pietsch

Made FromGlass, Stain, Enamel, Gold

Date1915-1922

TechniqueBlown, stained, enameled, gilded

SizeOverall H: 16 cm, Diam (max): 8.2 cm

Accession Number2017.3.47

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

On this bottle, enameled figures frolic across a ground of rolling yellow hills and participate in May festivities, including dancing around a maypole. From 1915 to 1922, Adolf Beckert decorated his glass designs with mythological and ancient themes rendered with charming silhouetted figures. The entire design is created in the style of early Art Deco, with its rhythmic lines, zigzags, and geometric patterning.

Place Made

Bohemia or Czechoslovakia, Kamenicky Senov (Steinschoenau)

Physical DescriptionBottle with Stopper. Colorless glass, yellow and black stain and enamel, gilding; blown, stained, enameled, gilded. Colorless bottle (a) with stopper (b), decorated with yellow and black stain, enamel, and gilding. The neck of the dome-shaped bottle has been cut with seven slender flutes, and just below the rim, a small zig-zag pattern with gilded dots appears beneath six small, concentric bands of black enamel. The body of the bottle is decorated with a ground of yellow stained hills on which whimsical floral motifs, birds, butterflies, and silhouetted figures frolic. The matching stopper has a flat top, stained yellow, and a zig-zag band of black enamel alongside enameled stylized leaves.
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