beaker

Object NameBeaker

Made FromNon-Lead Glass, Enamel

Date1675

TechniqueFree-blown, enameled

SizeOverall H: 10.5 cm; Rim Diam: 9 cm; Base Diam: 8.7 cm

Accession Number50.3.99

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Place Made

Germany, probably Nuremberg

Physical DescriptionBeaker. Colorless non-lead glass with pale yellow tinge; bubbly; free- blown and enameled. Cylindrical form, slightly concave base with rough pontil mark; white and black enamel decoration, shaded and outlined in black: on obverse, cartouche with the Shield of Milles or carriage maker's, flanked by a man and woman; on reverse, inscription in so-called Gothic script, in five lines: "In Grossen Geluck Erhebe dich nicht, In ungeluck verzaget auch nicht, Den Gott ist der Mahn, der geluck, Undt ungeluck Wenden Kahnn". "Anno 1675"; below rim a white band consisting of two plain lines, two wavy lines and one row of beads.
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