Lady Rivers Beaker and case
Lady Rivers Beaker and case
Place of OriginNorthern Bohemia (Czech Republic)
Dateabout 1829
DimensionsH: 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm); Rim Diam: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); Diam: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
MediumColorless, mold-blown glass with a slightly yellowish tinge; cut, engraved, ground, and polished. Fitted cylindrical case of red morocco leather, the lid embossed in gold LADY RIVERS, with green velvet lining.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
2006.45A-B
On View
Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 4
DescriptionThe beaker is mold-blown of colorless glass, the straight-sided bowl tapering toward the base. Near the rim an engraved inscription in script " For My Journey With Lord Rivers And the H.G. Pitt Wiesbaden le 12 August 1829." Four relief-cut applied oval medallions below are engraved with three views of sites near Wiesbaden in Germany, "Der Kochbrunnen in Wiesbaden" (a hot spring fountain), the "Geisberg" mountain, "Die Platte" (a mountain in the Taunus region with a hunting castle erected by Duke William I. in 1823), the fourth medallion depicting a coat of arms, presumably that of Lady Rivers. Around the glass below the medallions is engraved in script "From A.B.F. to the Lady Rivers Baden Baden le 19 August 1829." Beneath the inscription is a band of small sharp diamonds. The applied solid circular foot consists of two steps, the thick edge of the base cut in relief with small strawberry diamonds. The bottom is cut with deep concentric rays.
Label TextThe beaker in its fitted case was a gift to Frances Hall Rigby, Lady Rivers, the wife of William Horace Beckford. In 1829, the couple visited the German spas, where the beaker was evidently acquired. It is engraved with Lady Rivers’ coat of arms and three views of tourist sites in and around Wiesbaden. The inscription around the rim reads “For my journey with Lord Rivers and the H.G. Pitt / Wiesbaden le 12 August 1829.” Below the medallions it is inscribed “From A.B.F. to the Lady Rivers Baden Baden le 19 August 1829.”about 1829
about 1829
about 1500
1860-1870
about 1720
about 1720
Probably 1st-2nd century CE
about 1853-1870
1849
about 1720-1725
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