beaker
Object NameBeaker
Made Fromnon-lead glass
Date1850-1875
Place MadeBohemia
Techniqueblown-molded, cut, enameled, stained, gilt
SizeH: 12.3 cm, D (rim): 9.9 cm
Accession Number79.3.782
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown-molded, cut, enameled, stained, gilt. Flared sides, above a wide disk foot; the rim gilt, with a yellow-stained band below, decorated with gilt stylized flowers and foliage; oval portrait panel on the side, with finely enameled portrait of a man, wearing a feathered hat; in a stained yellow frame with gilt scallop border; the reverse with a red shield bearing the linked monogram "SOK", with crossed branches of foliage at either side; the edge of the foot with cut notches, outlined in gold above; cut star on the bottom.Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978)
