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beaker
beaker

beaker

Object NameBeaker
Made Fromnon-lead glass, enamel
Date1703
Techniqueblown, enameled, gilt
SizeH: 14.6 cm, D: 11.5 cm
Accession Number79.3.1064
Credit LineGift of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
Enameled Glass
Place Made
Germany
Physical DescriptionColorless (greenish tint) non-lead glass; blown, enameled, gilt. Tapered straight sides with polychrome enamel decoration in a band around the sides, a hunting scene, with a man in green coat, green stockings and feathered black hat shooting a gun, another dressed in green sounding a horn, while a third, wearing a blue cape, riding a horse, fires a pistol; red dogs chase three red deer, two stags, a tan rabbit, and a blue boar toward a zig-zag net in the trees, while a brown and a tan dog watch; inscribed in white "Herr Johann Wantzellaus. Waltbereider in ducks. Anno. i.7.0.3."; gilt band bordered by narrow raised white enamel lines above the scene, yellow line below; flat base with rough pontil mark.
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