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beaker

Object NameBeaker

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Date1850-1860

Place MadeBohemia

Techniqueblown, cut, stained, engraved

SizeH: 10.5 cm, D (rim): 7.5 cm

Accession Number79.3.747

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

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Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, stained, engraved. Waisted, bell shape; the rim cut; the sides with cut oval, concave facets; stained yellow all over; engraved view of a classical building in trees in one medallion, a group of buildings in another, and large buildings in a third; inscribed "CONGRESS SPRING", "EMPIRE SPRINGS", and "UNITED STATES/HOTEL" and scrolls in the medallions above and below; polished base, with polished concave pontil mark.
Provenance

Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation