Notes:
Dimensions including mat are 51 x 41 cm.
Design drawing for red vase with silver mount at lip. Vine and fruit decoration surrounds upper portion of vase and various cut glass patterns surround lower sections. Vase is wide and round at bottom, narrowing at middle and widening slightly again towards neck.
"06067" written in white watercolor below vase. "Ruby, blue or amber" penciled in to left.
"CMG-820" written in black ink on lower right corner.
"06067" penciled in along left edge; "#40" penciled in to left of base.
Buchholz and Zelt was a firm in New York City that imported glass and silver from Bohemia. This drawing is part of a collection of drawings including cut, engraved, and art deco designs, created by the firm, presumably for the US market, and sent to Bohemia to be made into glass or silver. Many of the designs were inspired by objects in European museums. Most of the drawings are in the Bohemian nineteenth century style and a minority are stamped with the name of the glass company involved, such as Mühlhaus, Oertel, and Harrach. Buchholz and Zelt would likely have placed their own label on the glass.
This item is in the Buchholz and Zelt collection.
Buchholz and Zelt collection
Sent to West Lake Conservators Ltd. June 2015 for conservation. Hinged with Japanese tissue paper V-hinges and wheat starch paste.
Similar drawings can be found at The Metropolitan Museum and Novy Bor.
Flood mud present along edges.
Paper is very brittle.
Drawing for vase on separate, previously loose paper.
