beaker
Object NameBeaker
Made FromGlass
Date1100-1299
Place MadeSyria
TechniqueBlown, applied
SizeOverall H: 10.3 cm; Rim Diam: 5.8
Accession Number79.1.41
Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless or almost colorless, perhaps with greenish tinge, and many bubbles; translucent deep blue. Blown; applied. Beaker: cylindrical. Rim plain, with rounded lip covered with blue wrap; wall tapers at top, with slightly convex profile, then descends vertically; base plain, with blue wrap around edge and conical kick; pontil mark apparently small and circular (D. about 0.7 cm). Applied decoration on wall, in blue and almost colorless glass: (1) five equidistant blue trails, applied 1.5–2 cm below lip, bent toward viewer’s left at top, then drawn vertically down to base; (2) between each pair of blue trails, almost colorless trail of same size and shape; (3) at top of vertical part of wall, usually on top of each almost colorless trail, one small blue vertical loop supporting unattached blue ring (D. about 1.4 cm).Provenance
Source
Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
- 1979-03-25
Former Collection
Churchill
- 1940-06-05
Purchased at Sotheby's London 1940-06-05, lot 92
Purchased at Sotheby's London 1940-06-05, lot 92
Former Collection
George Eumorfopoulous
(British, 1863-1939) - 1940-06-05
Sold at Sotheby's London 1940-06-05, lot 92
Sold at Sotheby's London 1940-06-05, lot 92
