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beaker

Object NameBeaker with Wooden Case

Made FromNon-Lead Glass, Silver, Wood

Date1545-1575

TechniqueFree-blown, diamond-point engraved

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number50.3.1

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Place Made

Italy, Venice; Germany; Austria

Physical DescriptionBeaker with Wooden Case. Colorless non-lead glass of grayish cast; free-blown, diamond-point engraved. Slender glass with straight sharply spreading sides, rough pontil mark; silver base; set-in domed cover with drawn stemmed cushion knop, supporting applied final composed of stemmed ball on double-button; small pontil mark inside; cover and glass covered with diamond-point engraving; silver base with chased crested molding clasping base of glass, wider gadroon molding with leaf-like motif at end of ribs and narrow plain rim. Turned wooden case.
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