beaker
Object NamePrunted Beaker
Made FromGlass
Date1300-1399
Place Madepossibly Italy
TechniqueBlown, applied ornament (tooling)
SizeOverall H: 12.5 cm; Rim Diam: 8.4 cm; Foot Diam: 5.2 cm
Accession Number87.3.33
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Medieval Glass for Popes, Princes, and Peasants
Mille Anni di Arte del Vetro a Venezia
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionYellowish, colorless glass with small bubbles; blown with applied ornament. Beaker shape; tall outsplayed rim with rounded lip; tapering wall with slightly concave profile; base with low conical kick; pontil mark. Applied ornament: thin horizontal trail at bottom of neck; thick horizontal trail at bottom of wall, tooled to form base ring with sixteen "toes", on which the vessel stands; between them, occupying whole of wall, four horizontal rows of elongated prunts arranged in quincunx, eight in each row.Provenance
Former Collection
Fritz Biemann
- 1987
