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TUMBLER

Creator(s): Unknown (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

This light blue glass tumbler is thin walled and slightly bell-shaped. enamelled with a landscape in various colors and with flowers, all between two gold borders at the top and base of the glass. Red and mustard-colored flowers decorate the area between the two edges of the landscape. Landscape shows two small, lean-to like structures on the edge of a lake in a mountainous area. A pine tree and a birch tree (?) are placed on either side of the lake. Landscape and gilding show numerous losses.

Object name:
TUMBLER
Made from:
Glass
Made in:
Russia
Date made:
Late 18th c.-Early 19th c.
Size:
8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
23.42
Class:
GLASS
Signature marks:
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973