Beaker

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Object Name: 
Beaker
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Bohemia
Accession Number: 
79.3.733
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 9.4 cm, Diam: 7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1812
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass; mold-blown, gilt, enameled, polished. Straight-sided, cylindrical form; the rim gilt, with a border of pink dotted ovals and sprigs; rectangular panel on the side, with gilt frame, enclosing a greenish view of a large cathedral, with people in the foreground; inscribed in white enamel script below "Ansicht der Metropolitan=/Kirche von St= Stephan/A:K:"; polished flat bottom; inscribed "328" in cream-colored paint.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
Schick, Viktor, Former Collection
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
mold-blown, gilt, enameled, polished
gilding
enameling

Exhibitions (1)

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