Skip to main content
beaker
beaker

beaker

Object NameBun-footed beaker
Made Fromnon-lead glass
Date1650-1699
Place MadeCentral Europe; probably Southern Bohemia
Techniqueblown, pattern-molded, enameled
SizeH: 8.4 cm, D: 7.1 cm
Accession Number79.3.1069
Credit LineGift of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, pattern-molded, enameled. Cylindrical shape; polychrome enamel decoration in a band around the sides, a white bird with black markings standing on one foot on one side, another on the opposite side with raised wings; stylized blue, yellow and green flowering plants between; yellow lines above and below; spiked gadrooning on the base; rough pontil mark; three applied ball feet.
Provenance
Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
canteen
800-999
The New Doors of Life
Robert Willson
1996
decanter
Otto Zeman Workshop
about 1930
fragment
25 BCE-99 CE