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It is made in two pieces, both of colourless, clear glass, with a thin, blue glass overlay. The bowl is attached to the stem with a cut glass screw thread.\r\nZach has engraved through the blue overlay on the bowl, to reveal a lively, flowing mythological scene. We see Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, riding a goat, and wife Ariadne, a Cretan princess, riding a panther. Bacchus’s followers, including a goat-hooved satyr, are carrying a  type of staff topped with a pine cone which is called a thyrsus, a symbol of fertility.\r\n\r\nDespite a number of recorded works signed \"F. Zach\" or \"F.P. Zach\", relatively little is known about the engraver Franz Paul Zach who apparently specialised in such rampant bacchanalian scenes in the manner of the glass engraver Georg Schwanhardt the Elder (1601-67).\r\nZach was born in Prague and trained there.  He moved to Munich in 1843 where he shared a house with Franz Steigerwald, the retailer of this goblet which was purchased by the Museum following its display in the International Exhibition, Paris, 1855. Franz Steigerwald sold glass made by his brother Wilhelm through his glass shops in Munich and other cities. Wilhelm owned two other glassworks, one at Theresienthal (founded 1834, sold 1861) and the other, the Regenhütte, also at Zwiesel (founded 1844-45).\r\n","physicalDescription":"This massive goblet is in two parts, the bowl separate from the stem and foot. Zach was born in Prague and trained there. He moved to Munich in 1843 where he shared a house with Franz Stiegerwald, the retailer of this goblet which was purchased by the Museum following its display in the international exhibition, Paris, 1855. 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It was bought at the Paris 1855 Universal Exhibition from the maker, Steigerwald.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Goblet of clear, colourless glass with a blue overlay, blown in two sections, connected with a cut-glass screw thread. The foot has cut panels, the bowl is wheel-engraved through the blue upper layer with a bacchanalian scene, by Franz Paul Zach. Probablyblown at Wilhelm Steigerwald's Schachtenbach glassworks, 1850-55","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Charleston etc, see HB's notes in photo file"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"P. von Lichtenberg, Glasgravuren des Biedermeier: Dominik Biemann und Zeitgenossen, Regensburg 2004, pp. 298-305, fig. 338"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Walter Spiegl, Glas des Historismus, Braunschweig 1980, pp. 182-205, fig. 224"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"P. von Lichtenberg, 'Drei bayerische Herzöge auf Glas', in: Weltkunst 22 (1996), pp. 2946-2949"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Bryant, Julius.<u> Art and Design for all: The Victoria and Albert Museum </u>. London: V&A publishing, 2011. ISBN 978 1 85177 666 5"}],"production":"Although Steigerwald's concession stipulated that all glass sold at his Munich store was blown at his own Glasshouse in Theresienthal in Germany, it is also possible the blank for this goblet was made at the Harrachsche Hütte in Neuwelt [Novy Svet] in Bohemia. See Bibl.Ref. 2&4","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900'\r\n\r\nDespite a number of recorded works signed \"F. Zach\" or \"F.P. Zach\", in this particularly extravagant Renaissance style, little is known about the engraver F.P. Zach who apparently specialised in rampant bacchanalian scenes in the manner of the glass engraver Georg Schwanhardt the Elder (1601-1667). This goblet was bought at the Paris 1855 Exhibition from the maker, Steigerwald, who at one time also employed the services of Dominik Biemann, a master engraver also represented in this gallery. The goblet is an exhibition piece, not intended for use.","date":{"text":"1987-2006","earliest":"1987-01-01","latest":"2006-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["2672-1856","2672A-1856"],"accessionNumberNum":"2672","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1856,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"Glass gallery number","id":"THES50491"},"number":"9859"}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Bowl of a goblet","Stem"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-12-10","recordCreationDate":"1997-12-13","availableToBook":false}}