beaker
Object NameBeaker
Made FromGlass, Gold Foil
Dateabout 1730-1740
Place MadeBohemia
TechniqueBlown, cut, gold foil decoration
SizeOverall H: 8.8 cm
Accession Number72.3.28
Credit LineGift of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionBeaker. Colorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, gold foil decoration. Double-walled glass with tapered, panel-cut sides; continuous scene in engraved gold foil of a horseman firing a pistol at a stag, and being attacked by two dogs; reverse depicts a large building with ducks flying nearby; inscribed "SOVIEL ALS TROPFFEN BIER/IN DEISEN GLASE STEHN/SOVIEL MAHL WVENSH ICH/DIR MEIN FREVND. VIEL/WOHLER GEHN"; gold foil borders above and below, the lower with foliate motifs; separate disk inserted in the base, with gold foil decoration of a hand emerging from clouds, holding a burning heart cradled in two branches, with another burning heart below, against a transparent red background.Provenance
Former Collection
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art (Freeman's sale, 1954)
Philadelphia Museum of Art (Freeman's sale, 1954)
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978)
