Schwarzlot Tumbler

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Object Name: 
Schwarzlot Tumbler
Place Made: 
Germany
Accession Number: 
51.3.121
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 9.5 cm; Rim Diam (max): 7.8 cm; Base Diam (max): 5.8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1700-1725
Primary Description: 
Schwarzlot Tumbler. Colorless glass; dip-molded for form, finished by manipulation, cut and enameled. Straight sides spreading slightly from thick base with large polished pontil mark; circlet of concave discs (kugelfries) at top above transparent black enamel decoration (schwartzlotmalereien) depicting galleons in a sea battle.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Glueckselig, M., & Son, Source
1951-02-09
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
molding
cutting
enameling
hot-working
Material: 
glass
enamel

Publications (4)

Glass: A Pocket Dictionary of Terms Commonly Used to Describe Glass and Glassmaking (2006) illustrated, p. 76; BIB# 96551
Glass: A Pocket Dictionary of Terms Commonly Used to Describe Glass and Glassmaking (1993) p. 71; BIB# 35660
Repraesentatio Belli, ob successionem in Regno Hispanico...: A Tea Service and Garniture by the Schwarzlot Decorator Ignaz Preissler (1989) illustrated, p. 250, #28; BIB# AI25036
Ignaz Preissler: Fruhe Arbeiten, weniger bekannte Meisterwerke und die Nachfolge (1987) illustrated, p. 95, #11; ill. ABB. 28;