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beaker

Object NameBeaker

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1730-1740

TechniqueBlown, cut, double-walled, gilt

SizeH: 3 5/8", D (rim): 2 13/16"

Accession Number65.3.77

Credit LineGift of Miss Ruth Friedman in memory of Dr. Harry G. Friedman

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Place Made

Bohemia

Physical DescriptionBeaker. Colorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, double-walled, gilt. Tapered, straight-sided, cylindrical shape; double-walled, with the outer glass ending below the inner glass, the inner glass with a ledge rim; cut vertical panels on the sides; inset flat disk on the base; gilt decoration between the two glasses with a straight band and scratched horizontal line below the rim; a continuous landscape with the figure of a saint on one side, a six-pointed star on his forehead, a radiance about his head, holding a bouquet of flowers in his raised right hand, holding an opened book in his left hand, a dog at his feet holding a torch in its mouth before a rosary, surrounded by clouds; on the reverse, a large castle on a hill, with trees in the foreground and at the sides; incised linear band below the scene; a band of repeated stylized acanthus leaves at the bottom; a linear band below, faintly scratched "DOMINICUS" below the saint; gilt crowned mirror monogram "AV" flanked by palm fronds in the bottom, backed with transparent red resin.
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