Tumbler

Small beakers, or tumblers, were used to drink various types of spirits, cordials, and fortified wines, like sherry and port. “Gold between glass” (Zwischengoldglas) was a labor-intensive and costly technique practiced in Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic) and Austria in the 1700s. A gold-leaf design was affixed between two glass vessels that were then precisely fit together and fused. In this example, the gold leaf portrays a boisterous hunting scene. When the glass is tipped and emptied, the interior reveals that two hunting dogs have killed a hare.