beaker

Object NameBeaker

Engraver Willem Mooleyser

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1685

Place MadeLow Countries

TechniqueBlown, applied, engraved

SizeOverall H: 16.1 cm, Diam: 9.1 cm

Accession Number79.3.301

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection

Beyond Venice: Glass in Venetian Style, 1500-1750

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

The figures are probably based on engravings by the Amsterdam artist Pieter Nolpe (1613/4–1652/3).

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, diamond-engraved. Cylindrical shape with trailed rim; decorated with diamond-point engraving: a wavy band of flowers and foliage above a group of rustic figures (a man and woman dancing; a man, seated in a chair, drinking from a bottle, and a dancing man, with sprigs in his hat, holding a glass), all standing on an undulating ground; signed "W. Mooleyser 1685" near the base; three flattened ball feet; slight kick; rough pontil mark.
Provenance

Former Collection Jerome Strauss (1893-1978)

Former Collection Frederick Neuberg