tumbler
Object NameTumbler
Maker
Joseph M. Pohl
Made FromGlass, gold leaf, silver leaf
Dateabout 1913-1945
Place MadeBohemia or Czechoslovakia, Novy Bor (Haida)
TechniqueProbably free-blown, cut, sandwiched, engraved
SizeOverall H: 8.1 cm; Rim Diam: 6.5 cm; Base Diam: 4.7 cm
Accession Number53.3.4
Credit LineGift of Emerson Nichols Agencies
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionTumbler. Clear glass and gold leaf (Zwischengoldglas); probably free- blown and cut, with sandwiched engraved gold and silver leaf decoration. Two conical tumblers are joined together, the outer is cut in 19 panels; the gold decoration shows between plain bands and a row of dentils at top and plain bands and a floral composite band in silver at bottom a frieze depicting a hunting scene: hunters accompanied by horses and dogs shooting ducks; the inserted bottom on the inside shows in sandwiched gold leaf decoration a dog and two birds against ruby glass as background.Provenance
Source
Emerson Nichols Agencies
- 1953-03-05
