Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony a7R II 2022.

Römer-style wine glass

CultureEuropean

Datelate 19th – early 20th c.

MediumBlown, mold-blown, tooled, enameled, and gilded glass

Dimensions7 × 2 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (17.8 × 6.4 × 5.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Cynthia and Stuart Katz

Object number2021.45.7

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DescriptionTransparent colorless glass with thick gilded decoration. Small rounded cup is further shaped into four wide lobes; thick gilded line at rim, and below this the gilding extends downward in scrolling swags with cross-hatching and leaves. Two small seeds or imperfections in glass near bottom of bowl. Thin bulge of glass where bowl meets trunk, decorated with gilded band. Trunk consists of a very thin and delicate hollow stem that flares into a trumpet-shaped foot with a thin and thick band of gilding at edge. Shape is very similar to J&L Lobmeyer (Austrian, founded 1823; see CMoG 2001.3.54 ca. 1888; also enameled example by Moser ca. 1895 published elsewhere).
ProvenanceFaith W. Nusbaum and Sidney L. Nusbaum II, Cynthia and Stuart Katz, Chrysler Museum of Art