beaker
Object NameBeaker with Wooden Case
Made FromNon-Lead Glass, Silver, Wood
Date1545-1575
Place MadeItaly, Venice; Germany; Austria
TechniqueFree-blown, diamond-point engraved
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number50.3.1
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
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.Provenance
Source
Steuben Glass, Inc.
(American, founded 1903) - 1950-10-01
Former Collection
Henry Brown
(English)
Former Collection
Mensing Collection
Former Collection
A. Vecht
Former Collection
Max Rosenheim
50-99
1-99
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