Ewer and Basin
Ewer and Basin
ArtistIn the Style of
Ignaz Preissler
(Bohemian, 1676-ca. 1753)
Place of OriginBohemia (Czech Republic)
Dateabout 1730
DimensionsEwer H: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm); Basin L: 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm); Basin W: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
MediumBlown and cut glass, with enameled decoration
ClassificationGlass
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1950.46
On View
Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 4
DescriptionPainted with black showing hunting scene
Published ReferencesHutton, William, "European Glass in the Museum Collection," Toledo Museum News, New Series, vol. 6, no. 1, Spring 1963 (also published as European Glass), p. 10, repr.
Rogers, Millard F., "The European and American Glass Collection," Apollo, vol. 86, no. 70, Dec. 1967, repr. (b&w) fig. 7, p. 481.
Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass, A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, 1969, repr. p. 68.
Polak, Ada, Glass, Its Makers and Its Public, London, 1975, repr. fig. 30, p. 82.
Gorney, Michaelene, "Musical Instruments: Brasses," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 20, no. 4, 1978, p. 106, repr. fig. 18 (det.).
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