beaker
Object NameBeaker
Maker
Glassfabrik Steyermark
Made FromNon-lead glass
Date1840
Place MadeAustria
Techniqueblown-molded, transparent enameled
SizeH: 10.1 cm; D (rim): 7.3 cm, (base): 7.4 cm
Accession Number79.3.1006
Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown-molded, transparent enameled. Straight-sided, cylindrical form; molded decoration of a band of diamonds below the rim, four clustered Corinthian columns forming four panels, with a band of diamonds below; the panels with molded decoration: a male bust-length portrait, facing sinister, enameled pink face, black hair, green jacket with blue collar, inscribed at the side "IOHANN /V OESTERREICH", two panels with farm implements, enameled pink, with green wreathes, and in the fourth panel a crowned double-headed eagle, holding a scepter and orb, enameled pink and yellow, inscribed below "B/V"; inscription running across the bottom of the three panels "[indistinct] LAMERSWALOER [?] GLASFABRICK [IN?] STEYERMARK"; band of ribbing at the base; the bottom with molded recessed circular panel and star.Provenance
Source
Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
