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Object NameFragment

Made FromGlass, Enamel, Gilding

Date1300-1399

Place MadeNear East; probably Syria

TechniqueBlown, enameled, gilded

SizeOverall H: 5.1 cm, W: 3.1 cm

Accession Number73.1.34-3

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Betty Gruene Speir

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionFragment. Colorless glass with yellowish tinge, some pitting; probably blown, enameled, gilded. Vessel of somewhat closed shape; fragment preserves shoulder area with a panel containing a quadruped running to the right in an elaborate foliate background, above, another fine scroll pattern, all figures and scrolls executed in a red-brown enamel applied in "relief", panel background filled with heavy dark blue enamel, area outside with a light blue enamel, heavy border, all figures gilt then outlined with a thin red enameled line.
Provenance

Source Betty Gruene Speir - 1973

Former Collection George S. McKearin (b. 1874)