Description:
Blown milk glass mug painted in red, yellow, blue, pink, and green enamels. In the third quarter of the 17th century, French, German and Bohemian glassmakers developed formulae, such as Johann Kunckel's 1679 recipe for opal glass, to produce an opaque white glass - "milchglas" - that imitated white porcelain or china. "Glass china" was an early 19th century term for what is is currently called "milk glass". The mug has a band of four blue lines around the top and base; a scrolled cartouche with recumbant stag on a green ground; and floral sprays on each side of the handle. The barrel-shaped mug has a flat base; an applied rounded loop handle with a tooled terminal; and rough pontil mark. The mug belonged to Grace Alger Manix, wife of the artist William Manix; she gave it to the donor.
Subjects:
Enamel and enameling; Glass; polychrome Link to share this object record:
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