beaker
Object NameEngraved Covered Beaker
Engraver
August Böhm Sr.
(Bohemian, 1812-1890)
Maker
Harrach Glasshouse
(f. 1712)
Made FromNon-lead Glass, Stain
Dateabout 1835-1850
Place MadeBohemia, probably Novy Svet (Neuwelt)
TechniqueBlown, cut, stained, engraved
SizeOverall H: 19.6 cm
Accession Number79.3.179
Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
Engraved Glass
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass
The Tradition of the Avant-Garde: Bohemian Glass 1820-1935
Drinking Glasses Through the Ages
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, stained, engraved. (a) Flared, panel-cut shape, with two large raised yellow-stained ovals, one decorated with an engraved Turk brandishing a scimitar, on horseback; reverse with a central concave reducing lens engraved with a crowned monogram "AS", with an engraved ivy wreath surrounding it; two bulbous elongated yellow-stained ovals between; heavily lobed yellow-stained foot, each lobe having a circular concave facet; ribs cross to form a six-pointed star at the center of the bottom. (b) Stepped, panel-cut shape with cut swirl finial; finial stained yellow, with stained yellow lobes at the rim; inset, tapered flange.Provenance
Source
Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
- 1979
