Object details

Accession number

C26n46.a-b

Primary Creator

Italian, Venice

Full title

Decanter

Creation Date

late 18th century

Provenance

Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.

Marks

The gold painted frieze on the body presents from left to right as follows: a hunter in dhoti-like trousers carrying a rifle; a pastoral lean-to shelter among stylized trees; three deer capering on a mound. There are two short, foliate sprigs painted in gold on the shoulder, and a third painted onto the back surface of the body.

Dimensions

29 cm (11 7/16 in.) high

Display Media

Gilded glass (zwischengoldglass)

Web Commentary

Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.

Permanent Gallery Location

Titian Room

Bibliography

Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 225. (as probably part of a set with three other decanters, museum nos. C26n56, C26n63, and C26n79; as German, 18th century)
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 7, no. 1 (1 Sep. 1963), p. 2. (as similar to a set of gilded tumblers, museum nos. C26n47.1-8; as Bohemian style, early 19th century)
Ellenor Alcorn et al. The Best of the Decorative Arts. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum IV. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), pp. 28-29, ill. (as probably Italian, Venice, late 18th century; catalogued with gilded tumblers, museum nos. C26n47.1-8)

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