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Germanic Glass Highlights

Tumbler
Johann Josef Mildner
Gutenbrunn, Lower Austria
1801

Colorless glass with inserted medallion featuring a female silhouette portrait in black on gilt ground. Gold and black rope decoration on banded rim and base.
.021



Covered Urn
Count Buquoy Glassworks
Southern Bohemia
ca. 1820

Black Hyalith glass decorated with gilt scrollwork. Silver cover. Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Ernst Mahler, 1954
.001ab


Covered Goblet
Nuremberg, Germany
ca. 1680

Large funnel shaped bowl on a tall stem. Bowl finely painted in Schwarzlot (black enameling) with three medallions surrounded by German inscriptions relating to vanity and to the fleeting nature of time. Domed cover is painted with three small vignettes containing the same symbols as in the medallions: hourglass, skulls, and a crown over clouds. Gift of Mrs. Ernst Mahler, 1979
.105ab

 
   
 
   

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