Decorative Arts & Design
Cup
GlassVessel
Details
- Author / creator
- Ignaz Preissler (Bohemian, 1676–1741)
- Object type
- Glass
- Date or period
- c. 1735
- Dimensions summary
- Diameter: 11.5 × 8.3 cm; Overall: 7.2 × 10 cm
- Maker or workshop
- Ignaz Preissler
- Period / style
- Rococo
- Place of origin
- Bohemia
- Acquisition method
- Purchase
- Credit line
- Purchased with the Art Fund grant and Friends of the Ashcombe Museum, 1950
- Image rights
- Public domain (CC0)
About this object
This cup may have functioned as a vessel for an alcoholic beverage or as a container for food such as candies or pastries. Ignaz Preissler’s specialty was a technique known as Schwarzlot (“black lead” in German), in which a design was painted with black enamel and then fine details were scratched out with a needle. Preissler’s clients were primarily aristocrats who commissioned vessels as gifts or commemorative items and for whom the chinoiseriedecoration (imaginary European interpretations of Asian cultures), seen here, was fashionable.
Materials and technique
Opal glass
