beaker

Object NameBeaker

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1700

Place MadeSilesia, Riesengebirge (Giant Mountains)

Techniqueblown, cut, engraved

SizeH: 9.3 cm, D: 8.2 cm

Accession Number79.3.359

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal-Gold Ruby, 1650–1750

Engraved Glass of Western Europe

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionBeaker. Colorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. Tapered, straight-sided, cylindrical shape, with panel-cut sides, covered with polished engraving, including a detailed city view, inscribed in a banderole above "LIEBENTHALL", with borders of foliage above and below; on the reverse, a quartered coat of arms, with lions rampant in the first and fourth quarters, and floral sprays with three flowers in the second and third; florid mantling, a helmet and crowned crest of a lion rampant holding three flowers in its paws, initials B.I./V.H." at either side of the crest; within a wreath of flowers and foliage; polished flat rim, chamfered within; polished flat base with polished concave pontil mark at the center.
Provenance

Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation - 1979