beaker

Object NameBeaker

Made FromLead glass, sulphide

Date1830-1840

Techniquemold-blown, cut; molded encased sulphide

SizeOverall H: 9.5 cm, W: 8.7 cm, Diam: 8.4 cm

Accession Number84.3.284

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jokelson

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

probably France

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; mold-blown, cut; molded, encased sulphide. Cylindrical, straight-sided shape; plain rim; sides decorated with a wide band of molded cross-hatching separating pointed convex hobnails; an octagonal, framed, cut panel on the side, enclosing a molded ceramic (sulphide) portrait of a man with halo, long hair and beard, hands clasped; an uninscribed panel with scrolled supports below; molded and cut ridges in a panel below the sulphide panel; petaled foot; rounded, radial ribs on the bottom, cut at the center.
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