beaker
Object NameUnbreakable Beaker
Made FromGlass
Date1663
Place MadeGermany
Techniquefree-blown, applied, tooled decoration, engraved
SizeOverall H: 13.25 cm, Diam (rim): 8.1 cm, Th:1.2 cm
Accession Number58.3.213
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
East Side Winter Antiques Show
Masterpieces of Germanic Glass, 15th-19th centuries
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionTransparent very thick very bubbly green glass (forest glass) light green glass with black impurities; wear marks at base; free-blown with applied and tooled decoration, and engraved. Cylindrical body with a slightly concave base and rough pontil mark, applied base ring foot; around lower section of body three rows of applied prunts, above a rigaree band; around upper section an inscription in diamond-point engraving: "Trinckh mica auff wurff mich Nider heb mich auff so vill mich wider 1663", a quatrefoil motif separates the inscription; at the base, two labels, one of which says: "MAGNIAC COLLECTION 424-2", the other: "HA-50-26".Provenance
Source
McKearin Antiques
