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Service nr. 103

Wine Glass
ca. 1866 (made)
Artist/Maker
J & L Lobmeyr (manufacturer)
Hansen, Theophilus Edvard (designer)
Place of origin
Vienna (made)

Wine glass, Austria (Vienna), designed by Theophilus Edvard Hansen, for J & L Lobmeyr glassworks, 1866-1866, 640-1869 .

Object details

Object type
Wine glass
Titles
  • Service nr. 103
  • Service nr. 103 (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
engraved
Brief description
Wine glass, Austria (Vienna), designed by Theophilus Edvard Hansen, for J & L Lobmeyr glassworks, 1866-1866, 640-1869 .
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.0cm
Style
19TH CONT
Gallery label
See 631-1869 This service is described in the Museum's printed registers of 1869 as having been 'bought as an example of cheapness of manufacture'. The cheapness was relative. The decoration is hand-done and this glass cost 4/0.The service was included in the international exhibition, Paris, 1867, where Lobmeyr won a silver medal.
Object history
Bought from J. & L. Lobmeyr at the international exhibition, Paris, 1867
Bibliographic reference
Paris Universal Exhib. 1867 Vol II Report.. by Henry Chance, p.374. Corning; Glass from worlds Fairs; Science & art dept. List of the Objects obtained during the Paris exbn. of 1867, London, 1868, pp1-4,p2 no.260; Art Journal Illus. ed for Paris 1867
Other number
0519 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
640-1869

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
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