beaker
Object NameBeaker
Made Fromnon-lead glass, enamel
Date1703
Place MadeGermany
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
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
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.Provenance
Source
Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
