beaker

Object NamePair of Beakers

Maker Miotti Glasshouse

Made FromGlass

Date1725-1750

Place MadeItaly, Venice

TechniqueFire-polished

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number51.3.316

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionPair of Beakers. Sides rise in attenuated ogee from drawn, flaring circular base to fire-polished rim; slightly concave on bottom, with pontil mark. Bright polychrome decoration: at top, inside, blue band just below rim; on outside, two thin blue lines above vertical naturalistic sprays of blue and red flowers and strawberries with shaded green stems and leaves, with parrot perched on stem of one; sprays rise from Persian-style border in blue at bottom.
Provenance

Source Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903) - 1951-01-01

Former Collection Cecil Davis

Former Collection Lady Charlotte Schreiber
England