Gilded Wineglass

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Object Name: 
Gilded Wineglass
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Bohemia, probably Novy Bor (Haida)
Accession Number: 
2009.3.73 B
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 19 cm, Diam: 7.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1885-1900
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Underhill Family
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; blown, tooled, applied; gilded. Wineglass has a cup-shaped bowl that sits atop a stem with descending sized bubbles atop a domed foot. The top of the stem has three raspberry prunts with gilded pattern of two lines a circle of dots and two more lines between each prunt. Every other bubble on the stem has a gilded line along the edge. The bowl and the top of the foot are decorated with gilded flowers and garland.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Doherty, Margaret, Source
2010-01-29

Objects in Set (3)

Gilded Wineglass
Artist:Witzka, Theodor
Date:about 1885-1900
Accession Number:2009.3.73 A
Gilded Wineglass
Artist:Witzka, Theodor
Date:about 1885-1900
Accession Number:2009.3.73 C
 
3 Gilded Wineglasses
Artist:Witzka, Theodor
Date:about 1885-1900
Accession Number:2009.3.73