tumbler

Object NameTumbler with Beaded Band

Made FromGlass

Date1820-1840

Place MadeBohemia

TechniqueBlown, cut (pre-shaped in mold), knitted

SizeH: 12.8 cm, D (rim): 8.5 cm

Accession Number58.3.161

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead

Roses in Glass

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionTumbler with Beaded Band. Heavy clear glass; wear marks at base; free-blown and cut (preshaped in a mold). Straight-sided body with heavy disk base (Ranftbecher); cut diamond friezes below ground rim and at disk, star at base; multicolored flower and leaf sprays (yellow, pink, blue and green on opal); multicolored bead band slipped over the body.
Provenance

Source Parke-Bernet Galleries, NYC