TUMBLER
Creator(s): Baccarat (Attributed to)
Currently in storage
About this object
In creating this large decorative vase, artisans at the Imperial Glassworks employed a technique known as cased glass, which was widely used in Bohemia. To create this type of glass, two or three layers of colored and colorless glass – in this instance, blue and colorless – were fused together. Most of the blue glass was cut away to leave a blue design in relief. The urn-shaped vase was mold blown in three sections and sits on a large pedestal. Wide, blue vertical panels alternate with clear glass spaces around its sides. These same wide lobes decorate the smaller base of the vase and the top where it flares outward. Acanthus leaves in blue glass emphasize the curve of the bowl’s base.
Vertical sides have five rectangular panels with a diamond pattern and one panel with a sulphiode portrait of an officer, imitating a cameo, probably Prince Frederick of the Netherlands. The lower part has eight heavy sections serving as feet.
- Object name:
- TUMBLER
- Made from:
- Glass
- Made in:
- FRANCE
- Date made:
- 1830-1835
- Size:
- 10.6 cm (4 3/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 23.29
- Class:
- GLASS
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973