Art Institute of Chicago

Beaker

Probably Czech Republic, Bohemia

Date

1830/40

Medium

Blown, engraved, and cut glass

Culture

Bohemia

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

This tumbler presents an engraved scene of the Bank of Pennsylvania, based on George Strickland’s plate for C. G. Child’s Views in Philadelphia and Its Environs from Original Drawings Taken in 1827–30 . Although initially believed to have been made and sold in Philadelphia, it is more likely that this object was made by a Bohemian firm—the Bohemians were celebrated during the late 18th and 19th centuries for glass engraving—and retailed by a Philadelphia merchant. It is also possible that the tumbler was made in Bohemia and engraved by a Philadelphia glasscutter.

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