Image Not Available

Pokal

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureSilesian

Date1773

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Base: 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm)

InscribedSee description.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number72.35A

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-2, Case 7

DescriptionPokal of clear, gray tinted glass. Ovoid bowl with facet cut above an engraved scene showing the First Partition of Poland. With the figures of Catherine of Russia, Frederick the Great, Joseph II, and Stanislaus II around the map of Poland. Divided by a vine leaf design from the rococo cartouche with the floral bottom engraved: "La Situation de la Pologne en MDCCLXXIII". (The Situation of Poland in 1773). Oval cut band at the rim on a solid stem of faceted knop with air bubbles. Then a nine-paneled cylinder on a round foot with half oval cuts at the edge.

Published ReferencesRobert Schmidt _Catalogue of Musham Collection_, Vol. 1, No. 173, recorded and illustrated.