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

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)

Modern

Exhibitions

Drinking Glasses Through the Ages

The Tradition of the Avant-Garde: Bohemian Glass 1820-1935

Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass

Engraved Glass

Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection

Place Made

Bohemia, probably Novy Svet (Neuwelt)

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.
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