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Object Name:

Beaker

Maker(s):

Mooleyser, Willem, Engraver

Place Made:

Low Countries

Accession Number:

79.3.301

Dimensions:

Overall H: 16.1 cm, Diam: 9.1 cm

Location:

On Display

Date:

1685

Credit Line:

Bequest of Jerome Strauss

Web Description:

The figures are probably based on engravings by the Amsterdam artist Pieter Nolpe (1613/4–1652/3).

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Department:

Early Modern

Provenance:

Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Former Collection

Neuberg, Frederick, Former Collection

Category:

Renaissance

Baroque

Color:

colorless

Technique:

Blown, applied, engraved

Inscription:

W. Mooleyser 1685

incised mark

near base

Description

Primary Description:

Colorless non-lead glass; blown, diamond-engraved. Cylindrical shape with trailed rim; decorated with diamond-point engraving: a wavy band of flowers and foliage above a group of rustic figures (a man and woman dancing; a man, seated in a chair, drinking from a bottle, and a dancing man, with sprigs in his hat, holding a glass), all standing on an undulating ground; signed "W. Mooleyser 1685" near the base; three flattened ball feet; slight kick; rough pontil mark.