Beaker

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Object Name: 
Beaker
Place Made: 
possibly Spain
Accession Number: 
65.1.46
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 16.8 cm; Rim Diam: 7.7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1200-1299
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Beaker. Colorless, with yellowish green tinge; blown; enameled. Beaker: cylindrical, with flared rim. Rim, rounded by reheating, flares from long cylindrical body; applied trail on bottom; kicked base with pontil mark. Reddish brown enamel forms central register with two circular roundels filled with birds highlighted with thick white, yellow, and yellowish green enamel. Four triangular elements, two above and two below, separate roundels.

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Department: 
Ancient; Early Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Source
1966-11
Category: 
Islamic
Color: 
colorless
reddish brown
white
yellow
yellowish green
Technique: 
glassblowing
enameling
Material: 
glass
enamel

Exhibitions (1)

A Cup of Kindness
Venue(s)
General Foods Collection Gallery 1984-02-01 through 1984-05-01