Cleveland Museum of Art

Tumbler

Date

c. 1730

Medium

zwischengoldglas (glass)

Culture

Bohemia, 18th century

Department

Decorative Art and Design

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Small beakers, or tumblers, were used to drink various types of spirits, cordials, and fortified wines, like sherry and port. “Gold between glass” ( Zwischengoldglas ) was a labor-intensive and costly technique practiced in Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic) and Austria in the 1700s. A gold-leaf design was affixed between two glass vessels that were then precisely fit together and fused. In this example, the gold leaf portrays a boisterous hunting scene. When the glass is tipped and emptied, the interior reveals that two hunting dogs have killed a hare.

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