Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Zwischengoldglas Tumbler with a Saint

ArtistProbably Johann Joseph Mildner (Austrian, 1763 - 1808)

CultureAustrian

Date1793

MediumBlown and enameled glass with silver and gold leaf

DimensionsOverall: 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm)
Base: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)

InscribedInscribed: "TvZ" of entwined initials. Also, "1793 Mildner".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6906

On View

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

DescriptionTumbler/beaker of clear glass. Slightly swelling cylinder with a central oval "Zwischengoldglas" medallion. Gold leaf picture of a Saint on a red lacquer background. In lower part of medallion is an entwined monogram "TvZ" against black. Back of medallion showing a tumbler inside. Silver foil cut in script in Germany saying handmade in Gutenbrunn in the principality of Furnbergh "1793 Mildner". Framed with oval cuts and cut half-circles separated by ovals at the bottom. Rim has a stylized Zwischengoldglas band of red and gold. Nicks on rim.

Published ReferencesKesse & von Saldern, _500 Jahre Glaskunst_, #172, similar with monogram (perhaps Joseph von Furnbergh). Silver reads: "Verfertiget/zu Gutenbrunn/im V. Furnbergh=grossen/Weinspergwald/1793/Mildner".