Stained Glass Stein

From the collection of Andrew Ives

Blown glass with applied handle.
The panels were created by wheel cutting/polishing a grid pattern for the borders with small raised pyramids at the corners. Wheel cut/polished circles were created in some of the panels and on the lid. Lines were also cut/polished into the base. Copper sulfide was most likely applied to the panels, base lines, handle, and lid, and the stein was fired to create the red color. A copper wheel was used to "cut to clear" creating the different design elements. Facet-like cuts were made to the handle leaving the red stain on the points or ridges.
The simple pewter ring holding the glass lid insert, thin thumb lift, and small diameter closed 5 ring hinge would be consistent the decreased use of pewter around the mid 1800's due to the rising cost of tin, as noted in the article "Pewter Fittings Through the Ages" by John McGregor.
The stein is probably a commemoration of the original owner's visit to Vienna. The phrase "In Wien" (In Vienna) is wheel cut into the top central panel and what appear to be Viennese buildings of some significance wheel cut into other panels. The stein is personalized with the initials "CK" and the year 1847.

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type	stein	material	glass
producer		mold	-
designer/decorator
capacity	0.5L
design date	c.1847

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