beaker
Object NameFooted Beaker with Cover
Made FromNon-lead glass
Dateabout 1720-1735
Place MadeGermany, Potsdam
TechniqueBlown, cut
SizeOverall H: 27 cm
Accession Number72.3.49
Credit LineGift of Mr. Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal-Gold Ruby, 1650–1750
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionDark gold ruby. Blown, cut. Beaker with waisted bell-shaped bowl; cut rounded ribs on upper twothirds,and relief-cut acanthus leaves around base. Blown foot with infolded rim and polished pontil mark, panel-cut, with circle of rounded acanthus leaves. Domed cover, with rounded sides and inset flange; cut
rounded ribbing and acanthus leaves below ovoid leaf-decorated finial with diamond-faceted top.
Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978)
