beaker

Object NamePair of beakers

Makerpossibly Johann F. Hoffmann

Makerpossibly Emanuel Hoffmann

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Dateabout 1860

Place MadeBohemia

Techniqueblown, cut, engraved

Size(A) H: 12.5 cm, D: 7.4 cm; (B) H: 12.4 cm, D: 7.4 cm

Accession Number82.3.25

Credit LineGift of Jerome Strauss (insurance funds)

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. Cylindrical shape with rounded base; panel-cut sides (seven panels), with raised oval panels in relief on the front, one (A) with an engraved bust-length portrait of a man, wearing a coat, the other (B) with a bust-length portrait of a woman, her hair in braids tied up on top of her head, a bow-tied scarf at her neck, wearing a full dress; on the reverse, circular rounded panel with rimmed concave lens at the center; polished concave pontil mark, polished flat foot rim.
Provenance

Source Rudy Eswarin - 1982-04-30