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wager cup

Object NameWager Cup

Maker Fritz Heckert (Silesian, 1837-1887)

Made FromNon-lead Glass, Metal

Date1880-1890

TechniqueBlown, engraved, enameled, gilt, cast, gilt mounts

SizeOverall H: 28.5 cm; Rim Diam: 5.4 cm; Base Diam: 10 cm

Accession Number69.3.69

Credit LineGift of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

Silesia, Petersdorf

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, engraved, enameled, gilt; cast, gilt metal mounts. Figure of a standing woman; the upper half of the body of cast, gilt metal, wearing a tiara, with fitted corset; arms upraised holding two decorative wands with fantastic animal head terminals, to which is attached a freely- swinging ovoid glass bowl, decorated with gilt rim and transparent enamel panels with white enameled foliage; the skirt of the figure formed of a large ovoid bowl, inverted, with allover decoration of shaped panels of transparent enameling, and gilt-outlined white flowers and foliage; gilt engraved outlines to the transparent-enameled panels; inscribed inside the "skirt" "S1807" in green paint.
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