tumbler

Object NameTumbler

Made FromGlass

Date1820-1840

Place MadeAustria; Bohemia

Techniquefree-blown, cut (preshaped in mold)

SizeH: 10.6 cm, D (rim): 8.1 cm

Accession Number58.3.162

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern
Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionHeavy clear glass; wear marks at the base; free-blown and cut (preshaped in a mold). Slightly flaring body with disk base (Ranftbecher); cut notches at disk, star at base, ground rim; a tree and a bush flank a big block (tomb ?) on which there is a date: "1830", on the reverse the initials (?): "I M J B" (?) multicolors on opal; multicolored bead band slipped over the body.
Provenance

Source Parke-Bernet Galleries, NYC