Beaker

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Object Name: 
Beaker
Place Made: 
Bohemia
Accession Number: 
79.3.667
Dimensions: 
H: 10.4 cm, D(max): 7.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1835-about 1840
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Primary Description: 
Marbled opaque red-brown and tan non-lead glasses; blown-molded, cut, gilt. Waisted, paneled shape, sides panel-cut, with a raised, panel-cut rib around the lower part, gilt on the interior; gilt lines above and below the rib and on the foot rim; rough-ground base.

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Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
Color: 
Red-brown, tan
Technique: 
blown-molded, cut, gilt
cut glass

Exhibitions (1)

Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1955-06-13 through 1955-10-23