beaker
Object NameBeaker
Made FromNon-lead glass
Date1610
Place MadeGermany
Techniqueblown, cold-painted
SizeH: 27.8 cm; D (rim): 10.6 cm, (foot): 14 cm
Accession Number79.3.408
Credit LineGift of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionTransparent light yellow-green non-lead glass; blown, cold-painted. Slightly tapering, cylindrical bowl with trailed, milled ring, with three trailed loops, one holding a loose ring; painted yellow and red rings below the rim, above three foliate scrolls in pinkish paint; a female figure of Justice, holding a sword and balance depicted on one side, flanked by flowering plants, and inscribed on the reverse "Anno Domini/1610./Gott allein/die/Ehre" in cream-colored paint; folded trumpet foot; kick with rough pontil mark.Provenance
Source
Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
701-899
