DATASET README

*** Reppo, Monika 2024. 16th–18th-century drinking vessels with diamond-point engraved decorations ***

Author: Monika Reppo
Tallinn University archaeological research collection
Contact information: monrep@tlu.ee, monikareppo@gmail.com

*** General information ***

The data in this dataset were collected by Monika Reppo using a variety of published works and online collections as well as archaeological finds (Estonia, Finland, Latvia). This research was supported by the Estonian Research Council grant no PRG2026. The dataset consists of a single table.

*** Purpose of the data collection ***

The purpose of data collection was to compile a dataset of 16th-18th-century façon de Venise diamond-point engraved vessels in museum and private collections to offer an easily accessible reference collection to identify archaeological finds in the future. This dataset is not exhaustive. The used sources are listed at the end of this file. 

*** Description of the data in this dataset ***

The dataset consists of 2 files:
'Engraved_vessels_ReadMe.txt' - this file.
'16th–18th-century drinking vessels with diamond-point engraved decorations.xlsx' - table which contains information on 129 vessels or fragments thereof.

*** 16th–18th-century drinking vessels with diamond-point engraved decorations.xlsx - data description***

Find_number - accession number.

Type – type of artefact. Total of 48 types.

Decoration - short description of main decorative elements.

Date – date based on inscription or typology. If exact dates are not known, the Deventer system is used (Clevis & Kottmann 1989). First or second half of the century: capital A or B. Quarter-centuries: lowercase a, b, c, or d.

Produced_or_decorated - production site or engraving workshop.

Engraver - name or initials of engraver, if not known: Unknown.

Findspot_or_collection: site found, museum collection or private collection.

Stored - find's current location.

Link - URL to object description on the World Wide Web.

Reference - additional URL or reference to published information on the object.

Photo - whether URL or reference includes photographic image of object.

Notes – additional notes.

*** References ***

Abbreviations:

AI - Tallinn University archaeological research collection (TLÜ arheoloogia teaduskogu)
AIC - Art Institute Chicago
AM - Foundation Estonian History Museum (Eesti Ajaloomuuseum SA)
BM – British Museum
CM – Cēsis History and Art Museum (Cēsu Vēstures un mākslas muzejs)
CMoG – Corning Museum of Glass
CMP – National History Museum of Latvia (Latvijas Nacionālais vēstures muzejs)
DK – J. Paul Getty Museum
HA - Coburg, Kunstsammlungen Veste
KMW KK – Vienna Art History Museum, Cabinet of Curiosities (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kunstkammer)
LM – Lüneburg Museum
MBVB - Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
NA - not applicable or no answer
TLM – Tallinn City Museum (Tallinna Linnamuuseum)
TMM – Turku Museum Centre (Turun maakuntamuseo)

Literature:

Egg, Erich 2008 [1962]. Die Glashütten zu Hall und Innsbruck im 16. Jahrhundert (Auszug). Pressglass-Korrespondenz, 2008/4, 107–148.

Henricson, Lars G. 2016. Johan III:s glasbruk på Bryggholmen. Situne Dei. Årsskrift för Sigtunaforskning och historisk arkeologi, eds. A. Söderberg, A. Kjellström, C. Hedenstierna-Jonson, M. Källström & J. Runer. Sigtuna Museum, Sigtuna, 66–79.

Hess, Catherine & Husband, Timothy 1997. European Glass in the J. Paul Getty Museum. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

Page, Jutta-Annette (ed.) 2004. Beyond Venice: Glass in Venetian Style, 1500–1750. The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY.

Ring, Edgar 2003. Glaskultur in Niedersachsen. Tafelgeschirr und Haushaltsglas vom Mittelalter bis zur frühen Neuzeit. Husum.

Stephan, Hans-Georg 2021. Alchemie, Archäologie, Glas und Keramik. Veröffentlichungen des Landesamtes für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt – Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte, 80.