Trick Glass in the Form of a Stag

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Trick Glass in the Form of a Stag

Place of OriginGermany

DateLate 17th century - early 18th century

DimensionsH: 13 3/8 in. (34 cm); W: 5 1/8 in. (13 cm) (Auction house)

MediumColorless glass; blown and applied

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

2004.89A-B

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 22

DescriptionThe large goblet blown of colorless glass with a bell-shaped bowl on a composite stem consisting of a hollow inverted baluster between small knops and mereses, applied to a slightly domed foot with a fire-polished foot rim. A straight tube extending above the rim of the bowl is applied to the bottom of the bowl. On this tube rests a kind of complex drinking straw surmounted by a hollow blown stag with applied eyes, antlers, tail, and legs. Three applied rigaree bands decorate the base and top of the tube. The snout and chest of the animal have openings that can serve as the upper end of the "straw." The large goblet blown of colorless glass with a bell-shaped bowl on a composite stem consisting of a hollow inverted baluster between small knops and mereses, applied to a slightly domed foot with a fire-polished foot rim. A straight tube extending above the rim of the bowl is applied to the bottom of the bowl. On this tube rests a kind of complex drinking straw surmounted by a hollow blown stag with applied eyes, antlers, tail, and legs. Three applied rigaree bands decorate the base and top of the tube. The snout and chest of the animal have openings that can serve as the upper end of the "straw."

Published ReferencesParis, Bailly-Pommery & Voutier, Verreries de la Renaissance au XIXe Siècle, December 10, 2004, lot. 135.

Klesse, B. and G., Reineking von Bock, Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Köln, 1973, no. 245.

Comparative ReferencesSee also Hess, C. and T. Husband, European glass in the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1997, p. 68, no. 14b (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, acc. no. M.82.124.4.a-b)