Hyalith Beaker

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Object Name: 
Hyalith Beaker
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Bohemia, Novy Bor (Haida)
Accession Number: 
79.3.177
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 13.3 cm; Rim Diam: 9 cm; Base Diam: 6.7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1835-1850
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Primary Description: 
Black non-lead glass; blown, cut, enameled, gilt. Tapered shape with panel-cut foot; inset rim cut and decorated with a granular purple enamel; elaborate gold zig-zag border below the cut rim, and a border of repeated diamonds; a wide black band, encircling the body, decorated with a continuous scene of sea gods, tritons, fish, etc., with a setting sun and stars in the background; border of repeated diamonds below; signed "Am.E./in Pl." between three gold bands near the base; marbled green and brown enamel in the inside of the beaker.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
Category: 
19th Century European
Color: 
black
Technique: 
blown, cut, enameled, gilt
enameling
cut glass
Inscription: 
Anton Embrosius Egermann
Signature

Exhibitions (1)

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