Beaker thumbnail 1
On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

This object consists of 2 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Beaker

ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Hackel, Hieronymus (engraver (inciser))
Place of origin
Celje (made)

Beaker, Slovenia (Celje), engraved by Hieronymus Hackel, 1819-20

Object details

Categories
Glass
Drinking
Object type
Beaker
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Beaker
  • Case
Materials and techniques
Engraved glass
Glass
Brief description
Beaker, Slovenia (Celje), engraved by Hieronymus Hackel, 1819-20
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.0cm
  • Maximum width: 7.5cm
  • Weight: 0.26kg
Styles
19TH CONT
Biedermeier
Marks and inscriptions
Signed 'H. Hackel Fabric Cilli' and inscripted 'Dir O Vater'

Note
Signature and decoration
Gallery label
H. Hackel (Hackl) is of Bohemian origin, from Meisterdorf, but worked in Cilli (Zilli, now Celje), in Styria (now Slovenia). The decoration on this glass includes an inscription 'Dir O Vater', the arms of the Auersperg family and shields bearing initials of the three sons. Hackel's glasses were probably made for presentation, bearing either religious or domestic scenes.
Object history
Bought from Heidi Huebner, Wurzburg
Ex Coll. D.G.A. Phillips, Christies 04/05/1980, lot 209
Production
Olga Drahotova says that this is a very fine example of H. Hackel's work
Bibliographic references
  • 'Der glasschneider H.Hackel in Cilli', G.E.Pazaurek, in Ainzeiger des Landesmuseums in Troppau, II, 1930 (Festschrift für E.W. Braun) Braunschweig, 1976 G. Irmscher, Glasmuseum Rheinbach, Bestandskatalog 1, Cologne 1988, pp. 38-39
  • Paul von Lichtenberg, 'Glasgravuren des Biedermeier: Dominik Biemann und Zeitgenossen, Regensburg, 2004, pl.219 & p.222
Other number
9373 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.96-1980

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
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