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Tobias and the Angel

Tobias and the Angel

 
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Object Name: 
Covered Tumbler
Title: 
Tobias and the Angel
Department
American
Category
Early American
Maker(s)
New Bremen Glass Manufactory, Manufacturer
Amelung, John Frederick, Glassmaker
Place Made: 
United States, MD, Frederick
Date: 
1788
Color
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gray
Technique
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tooling
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glassblowing
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engraving
Material
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glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 30.1 cm; Rim Diam: 14.5 cm
Accession Number: 
55.4.37
Location: 
On Display
Description
Clear heavy glass with bubbles in cover and dark greyish-green tinge; free blown, tooled and engraved; straight sided body increasing in diameter towards rim, concave base with rough pontil mark; set-in cover with large baluster finial surmounted by a knop and with applied ring to hold cover on flip. On the body Tobias guided by the Angel framed by conventional leaf scrolls, flowers and small leaves, on the left of the Angel a dog, above the scene an inscription forming an arch: "Happy is he who is blessed with virtuous children. Carolina Lucia Amelung. 1788". On the front of the cover two floral scrolls flanking a daisy.
Label Text
One year after the American Revolution ended, John Frederick Amelung opened a large glasshouse in Maryland. Like Stiegel, Amelung remained in business for only 11 years, but in that time he invested more money in glassmaking than anyone in America before him. His factory turned out large quantities of table glass, much of which was engraved. Some of these pieces are signed and dated. One of them is this tumbler, which bears a scene from the Book of Tobit: an angel leads Tobias, the son of Tobit, on his journey to cure his father’s blindness. The inscription, “Happy is he who is blessed with Virtuous Children,” indicates that Amelung considered his life a happy one. Amelung made this goblet in 1788 for his wife, Carolina Lucia.
Provenance
McKearin Antiques, Source

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Exhibitions

The Fragile Art: Extraordinary Objects from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
Park Avenue Armory 2009-01-23 through 2009-02-01
The 55th Annual Winter Antiques Show
Glassmaking: America's First Industry
Venue(s)
Strong Museum 1990-04-17 through 1990-04-29
Publications
1
 
Independence Pursued: 17th and 18th c. American Glass: Amelung
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1976-05 through 1976-11
American Rococo: Eighteenth Century Elegance in Ornament
Venue(s)
Metropolitan Museum of Art 1992-01-29 through 1992-05-17
Los Angeles County Museum of Art 1992-07-02 through 1992-09-27
Publications
1
 

Publications

Chemical Analyses of Early Glasses (Volume 3) (2012) pp. 85, 682;
Glass: A Short History (The British Museum edition) (2012) illustrated, p. 90, upper;
Glass: A Short History (Smithsonian Books edition) (2012) illustrated, p. 90; BIB# 130360
Collecting Earlier American Glass (2010-04) illustrated, p. 44;
Glassmaking, America's First Industry (2009-01) illustrated, p. 238, Fig. 2;
55th Winter Antiques Show, A Benefit for East Side House Settlement (2009) illustrated, pp. 144-145; BIB# 29139
John Frederick Amelung (2002) illustrated, p. 12, cover; BIB# 108003
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001) illustrated, p. 106; BIB# 68214
Chemical Analyses of Early Glasses (Volume 2) (1999) p. 432; BIB# 61154
Chemical Analyses of Early Glasses (Volume 1) (1999) pp. 189, 250; BIB# 61154
Franz Gondelach: Baroque Glass Engraving in Hesse (JGS) (1996) illustrated, p. 192, #70;
The Corning Museum of Glass and the Finger Lakes Region (1993) illustrated, p. 29, #44; BIB# 35681
The Art of Glass: Masterpieces from the Corning Museum (1992-06) illustrated, p. 55;
Hikari no shouchu: sekai no garasu = The glass (1992) p. 156, #263; BIB# 58995
American Rococo, 1750-1775: Elegance in Ornament (1992) p. 232, #167; BIB# 25683
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History From The Corning Museum of Glass (1990) illustrated, pp. 184-185, pl. 84; BIB# 33819
A Short History of Glass (1990 edition) (1990) illustrated, p.72-74, #62; BIB# 33211
Glas: Unterhaltsamer Streifzug durch Geschichte und Gegenwart eines faszinierende Stoffes (1988) p. 224; BIB# 33564
Masterpieces of Glass : A World History from The Corning Museum of Glass (1980) pp. 184-185, pl. 84; BIB# 20953
A Short History of Glass (1980 edition) (1980) illustrated, p. 64, #60; BIB# 21161
Glassmaking: America's First Industry (1976) illustrated, pp. 10-11, fig. 8; BIB# 28025
John Frederick Amelung and the New Bremen Glassmanufactory (1976) illustrated, pp. 50-51, #2;
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1974) (1974) illustrated, p. 87, #111; BIB# 28793
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1965) (1965) illustrated, p. 83, #105; BIB# 27582
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1958) (1958) illustrated, p. 81, #95; BIB# 27746

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