beaker
Object NameApostle Beaker
Made FromGlass
Date1800-1899
Place MadeGermany
Techniquefree-blown, enameled
SizeH: 16.4 cm, D (rim): 9 cm
Accession Number57.3.144
Credit LineGift of Edwin J. Beinecke
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionClear glass with large bubbles, at top an artificial cloud effect; free-blown and enameled. Cylindrical body with pushed up base having rough pontil mark; on the body in full-length figures in multicolored enamel, four apostles holding their symbols and standing on a grass strip; they alternate with lily-of-the-valley stalks; the inscriptions read: "PETRUS S. IOHANNES S. THOMAS S. ANDREAS"; white curly cues in the empty spaces, below rim a white leaf wreath studded with yellow and red beads, underneath the grass strip, a yellow and a red line followed by a U-shaped line.Provenance
Former Collection
Ralph Bernal
(British, 1784-1854)
R. Bernal (not listed in sales catalogue,Christie's London, Mar 5ff, 1855): J. D. Gardner
R. Bernal (not listed in sales catalogue,Christie's London, Mar 5ff, 1855): J. D. Gardner
Source
Edwin J. Beinecke
(d. 1957)
