Standing cup cover
Unknown Artist
ca. 1830
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
H. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm)
Classification
Glass
Culture
Austrian or Bohemian
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Zita Spiss, in memory of her father, Julius Triger, 1990
Accession Number
1990.328.36
Art Historical Context
This elegant standing cup cover, crafted around 1830 from fine glass, hails from either Austria or Bohemia—regions renowned for their masterful glassmaking traditions during the early 19th century. Measuring just over 8 inches in height, it exemplifies the decorative arts of the Biedermeier era a period marked by refined simplicity and neoclassical influences amid the post-Napoleonic stability of the Habsburg Empire. Bohemian workshops, in particular, were Europe's glassmaking powerhouses, producing intricate vessels that blended functionality with subtle ornamentation for affluent households....