beaker

Object NameBeaker

Made FromGlass

Date1800-1899

Size(Aa&b) H: 28.9 cm, D (rim): 9.5 cm; (B,C) H: 16.4-16.5 cm, D: 7.7 cm

Accession Number57.3.55 B

Credit LineGift of Edwin J. Beinecke

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Germany

Physical DescriptionClear glass with very few bubbles and impurities; free-blown, enameled and gilded. Beaker; cylindrical body with concave base having rough pontil mark; on the obverse in multicolored enamel predominantly in greyish blue and purple, full length figure of Augustus King of Poland with mustache in stately attire, leaning with his right hand on a staff which rests on a pedestal on which there are his crown and scepter; on the reverse the coat-of-arms of Saxony, underneath the inscription: "AUGUSTUS REX POLONIAE 1670"; bottom and rim are painted black.
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