Beaker

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Object Name: 
Beaker
Accession Number: 
50.1.39
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 7.9 cm; Rim Diam: 5.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1200-1399
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; blown, applied. Beaker: roughly cylindrical. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall tapers to 3 cm below rim, then descends vertically; base has applied foot ring and conical kick; pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient; Early Modern
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Inc., Source
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Former Collection
Category: 
Islamic
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
applied decoration
Material: 
glass

Publications (1)

Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume Two (2014) illustrated, p. 39, #649; BIB# 113723