beaker

Object NameBeaker

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1575-1625

Place Madeprobably Austria

Techniqueblown, engraved

SizeH: 23.4 cm; D (rim): 13 cm, (foot): 11.5 cm

Accession Number79.3.435

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, engraved. Circular, conical bowl on a flared trumpet foot with folded rim; bowl with engraved decoration: wide matte band above two rows of dots, with a large coat of arms bearing a griffin and demi-griffin crest, a standing woman, and a stylized flowering plant, above an engraved ground line, with two incised lines below; foot decorated with four sets of engraved vertical dashes.
Provenance

Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation