Beaker

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Object Name: 
Beaker
Place Made: 
Germany
Accession Number: 
51.3.276
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 11.6 cm; Rim Diam (max): 9.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1697
Primary Description: 
Beaker. Clear glass with minute bubbles; free-blown and engraved, with applied parts. Wide cylindrical body with concave base and rough pontil mark, "Frosted" engraved decoration: two medallions surrounded by garlands of branches, one bearing a coat-of-arms with a heart, surmounted by the date "1697" and surrounded by the device: "Quocumque Loco Fuero. Iesum Meum Desidero" (wherever I am - I will call for my Jesus); the other bears inscription: "Iohannes Iustus Fragelius P.G. (?). Pastor Burckhartensis." between medallions are vines with leaves, grapes and ribbons; at top and bottom two chain-like bands.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Fach, Joseph, Source
1951-11-01
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
engraving
applied
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
Quocumque Loco Fuero. Iesum Meum Desidero
inscription
: 
Engraved surrounding coat-of-arms
Iohannes Iustus Fragelius P.G. (?). Pastor Burckhartensis
inscription
: 
Engraved medallion
1697
inscription
: 
Engraved above coat-of-arms

Exhibitions (2)

A Cup of Kindness
Venue(s)
General Foods Collection Gallery 1984-02-01 through 1984-05-01
East Side Winter Antiques Show
Venue(s)
Park Avenue Armory
 

Publications (1)

Das Glas (1922) p. 216; BIB# 28712