ANTIQUE STIEGEL TYPE ENAMELED GLASS BOWL
Pennsylvania, Lancaster County German made Stiegel type glass finger bowl with pontil scar on the base which is rough and has not been ground smooth. The vase is decorated with Dutch / German scene of a farmstead including a windmill, trees, grassland and two figures holding implements in coloured enamels.
Stiegel glass cannot be definitely identified since his workers took his methods to other factories after his own went bankrupt. However, Stiegel-type flint glass, or crystal, was widely known for its beauty, fragility, and the brilliance of its colours. A wide variety of glassware, from wineglasses, sugar bowls, and cruets to windowpanes and chemists' bottles, was made at the Stiegel furnace. Stiegel was the first American glass manufacturer to enamel glass. Pieces made of white, or clear, glass have their decoration of birds, tulips, and scrolls painted on freehand with red, green, and yellow enamel. The motifs used reflect typical Pennsylvania German traditions of decoration.
Height 14cm
Diameter 11cm
ANTIQUE STIEGEL TYPE ENAMELED GLASS BOWL
Pennsylvania, Lancaster County German made Stiegel type glass finger bowl with pontil scar on the base which is rough and has not been ground smooth. The vase is decorated with Dutch / German scene of a farmstead including a windmill, trees, grassland and two figures holding implements in coloured enamels.
Stiegel glass cannot be definitely identified since his workers took his methods to other factories after his own went bankrupt. However, Stiegel-type flint glass, or crystal, was widely known for its beauty, fragility, and the brilliance of its colours. A wide variety of glassware, from wineglasses, sugar bowls, and cruets to windowpanes and chemists' bottles, was made at the Stiegel furnace. Stiegel was the first American glass manufacturer to enamel glass. Pieces made of white, or clear, glass have their decoration of birds, tulips, and scrolls painted on freehand with red, green, and yellow enamel. The motifs used reflect typical Pennsylvania German traditions of decoration.
Height 14cm
Diameter 11cm