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Primary Description:
Clear heavy glass; free-blown, cut and engraved. Beaker (a) almost cylindrical body with ground slightly concave base; two bands of cut ovals at rim and base, cut rings below rim and above base, frieze of broad leaves in slight relief around lower body; the obverse shows an oval concave medallion with the monogram of the Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg, flanked by putti; the reverse has the coat of arms of Brandenburg, the medallion flanked by putti, both medallions are surmounted by crowns and have flags and drums below; two dancing putti between the medallions; set-in domed cover (b) with solid pineapple-shaped finial; two broad-leaf friezes and a wavy palm-leaf frieze, accompanied by cut rings and a band of cut ovals at the bottom, finial cut to form a pineapple.
Exhibitions (2)

Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
Changing Exhibitions Gallery

Herrliche Kunste und Manufacturen - Fayence, Glas und Tapisserien aus der Zeit Friedrichs I
Venue(s)
Schloss Charlottenburg 2001-04-17 through 2001-08-05
Publications (13)
La escultura en vidrio (2017)
illustrated, p. 139 (fig. 3.38);
Historia del Vidrio: desarrollo formal, technologico y cientifico (2012)
illustrated, Fig. 157, p. 198;
BIB# 139172
Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal-Gold Ruby, 1650-1750 (2008)
illustrated, pp. 234-235, #70;
BIB# 103865
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001)
illustrated, p. 81;
BIB# 68214
Rubinglas des Ausgehenden 17. und des 18. Jahrhunderts (revised ed.) (2001)
illustrated, p. 138, fig. 23;
BIB# 71682
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: Checklist of the Exhibition (1999)
illustrated, p. 19;
BIB# 63967
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History From The Corning Museum of Glass (1990)
illustrated, pp. 140-141, pl. 62;
BIB# 33819
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History from The Corning Museum of Glass (1980)
pp. 140-141, pl. 62;
BIB# 20953