Beaker

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Object Name: 
Beaker
Place Made: 
Accession Number: 
92.3.70
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 10 cm; Rim Diam: 8.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1835-1850
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Elizabeth Oppenheim
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, stained, engraved. Cylindrical shape with slightly flaring rim, top edge ground and polished; three rows of polished roundels covering body, with alternate roundels in the top row and bottom row stained pink and engraved with flowers and in the center row stained blue and engraved with flowers; interstices between the circles with gold and place trefoils, a row of gold and black designs at lower edge, cut hobnail design with hobnails stained pink or blue, on flat base.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Oppenheim, Elizabeth, Source