Wine glass

Object/Artifact

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Drexel Founding Collection

Name/Title

Wine glass

Entry/Object ID

1418

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Mrs. Albert J.Nesbitt

Notes

Date: 1963 Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Albert J. Nesbitt Means of Accession: Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Place

Country

Czechoslovakia

Region

Central Europe

Continent

Europe

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

H, W, D: 8x2 3/4x2 1/4 in

Height

8 in

Width

2-3/4 in

Depth

2-1/4 in

Material

Glass, gilding

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

Bohemian glass workers discovered that potash combined with chalk created a clear colorless glass that was more stable than glass from Italy, and distinguished its qualities from glass coming from other places. Bohemian glass soon became a type like Venetian glass or English cut glass.