beaker

Object NameBeaker

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1825-1875

Place MadeBohemia

Techniqueblown, cut, engraved

SizeOverall H: 13.45 cm; Rim Diam: 8.15 cm; Base Diam: 7.75 cm

Accession Number79.3.494

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionTransparent purple and colorless non-lead glasses; blown, cut, engraved. Colorless overlay on purple; tall ovoid bowl with panel-cut sides (eight panels), with oval panels standing in relief, each with a rounded pink convex lens cemented to the panels, each of which is engraved with figures (men and animals) on the reverse, and filled with a white material; petal-cut foot with cut star on the base.
Provenance

Former Collection Jerome Strauss (1893-1978)