Covered Pokal
Manufacturer
Unknown
CultureCentral Europe, probably Bohemia
Dateca. 1725-50
MediumBlown, cut, and engraved glass
DimensionsOverall: 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Base: 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Base: 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm)
Inscribed“Le Situation de la Pologne en mdcclxxiii,” in cartouche
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number72.35
Not on view
DescriptionCovered pokal. POKAL: 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. COVER: Clear with a faintly yellow tint. Does not match, not original. Dome shaped engraved floral and scroll design and an attached solid double knop with an internal red and blue twist.Published ReferencesRobert Schmidt CATALOGUE OF MUSHAM COLLECTION, Vol. 1, No. 173, recorded and illustrated. Diane C. Wright (editor), _Glass: Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017), pg. 56-9.
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