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beaker
beaker

beaker

Object NamePrunted Beaker (Nuppenbecher)
Made FromGreen or Bottle Glass
Date1400-1599
Place MadeGermany
TechniqueFree-blown, applied, tooled
SizeOverall H: 7.5 to 7.8 cm; Rim Diam (max): 5.8 cm; Foot Diam (max): 4.5 cm
Accession Number50.3.38
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Masterpieces of Germanic Glass, 15th-19th centuries
Medieval Glass for Popes, Princes, and Peasants
Not On View
Physical DescriptionPrunted Beaker (Nuppenbecher). Green or bottle glass, deep bluish green; free-blown with applied and tooled decoration. Irregular form, ovoid body with applied "claw" bosses, cupped rim, center of base with rough pontil mark pushed up in slender cone form; applied crimped ring-like foot.
Provenance
Source Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903) - 1950-10-01
Former Collection Jerome Strauss (1893-1978)
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