wager cup
Object NameWager Cup
Maker
Fritz Heckert
(Silesian, 1837-1887)
Made FromNon-lead Glass, Metal
Date1880-1890
Place MadeSilesia, Petersdorf
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)
On ViewEuropean Gallery
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.Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978)
