beaker
Object NameBeaker
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1200-1299
Techniqueblown, applied, marvered
SizeOverall H: 9.3 cm, Diam (max): 5.3 cm
Accession Number79.1.109
Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
L'Orient de Saladin
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionBeaker. Translucent purple, with opaque white trails. Blown; applied, marvered. Beaker: cylindrical. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall tapers for about 2.5 cm at top, then descends vertically; base has applied purple trail at junction with wall and small kick; pontil mark circular (D. 0.7 cm). White decoration: broad trail on top and outside of rim; very narrow trail, not marvered, wound six times around uppermost 1 cm of wall; single trail, marvered, applied to edge of base and wound spirally about 18 times between bottom of wall and 1.3 cm below rim.Provenance
Source
Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
- 1979-03-25
Former Collection
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978)
