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drinking horn

Object NameDrinking Horn

Made FromNon-lead Glass

Date1659

TechniqueBlown, diamond-engraved

SizeOverall Diam: 7.2 cm, L: 40.2 cm

Accession Number79.3.298

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection

Place Made

Low Countries

Physical DescriptionColorless (grey) non-lead glass; blown, diamond-engraved. Long, curving, tapered shape with rough cracked-off rim, trailed, milled band below, with a diamond-point engraved formal border of flowers below; trailed, milled bands with loops for hanging above and below a wide section which is diamond-engraved with a hunting scene (a mounted horseman and dogs pursuing a stag in the forest), inscribed "Viva Sandt hüyberdt . 1659 ." above, and with a formal floral band below the scene and above the milled ring; curved section decorated with a spiral vine with leaves and flowers; ends in a ball knop on short stem and pad.
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