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beaker
beaker

beaker

Object NameBell Beaker
Made FromGlass
Date500-599
Place MadeWestern Europe
Techniqueblown, applied
SizeOverall H: 10.5 cm; Rim Diam: 7.4 cm
Accession Number63.1.9
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Medieval Glass for Popes, Princes, and Peasants
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionTransparent pale green glass, bubbly, with white trails; blown with applied decoration. Bell shape; rim flares outward and upward, lip rounded by fire-polishing; wall tapers to smallest diameter shortly below mid-point between rim and carination, then splays; below carination, wall tapers and terminates at knob; upper part of body decorated with white trails arranged in the form of eight sets of suspended swags of different sizes, marvered flush; while glass is so thin that it appears transparent; somewhat distorted.
Provenance
Source Wilhelm Henrich - 1963-01-28

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