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Glasses engraved with American views. (European glassware)

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From: The Magazine Antiques
Date: 19940701
Author:Spillman, Jane Shadel

Engraved glassware with American landmarks was produced in England and Bohemia from 1830 to 1860. The glassware was made in the shape of tumblers. The glassware produced during the 1850s and 1860s featured Philadelphia, PA points of interest.

Glassware decorated with scenic views was made in Europe as early as the eighteenth century. In 1741 Horace Walpole (1717-1797) brought back to England from his grand tour opaque white glass plates bearing sepia-enameled views of Venice, Italy, and travelers to Vienna, in the nineteenth century routinely purchased glasses with romantic landscapes ...

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