Beaker

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Object Name: 
Beaker
Place Made: 
Bohemia
Accession Number: 
92.3.71
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 11.6 cm; Rim Diam: 9.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1835-1850
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Elizabeth Oppenheim
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass; mold-blown, cut, stained and engraved. Cylindrical shape with widely flaring rim, edge ground and polished, row of flat panels below rim, each stained pink and engraved with leaves, protruding portion below leaves cut in small diamonds, similar row of flat panels with staining and engraving below diamond section, then plain row of panels, and heavy scalloped foot, stained and geometrically cut underneath.

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Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Oppenheim, Elizabeth, Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
mold-blown, cut, stained and engraved
cut glass