Images(2)

beaker

Object NameBeaker with Woman's Portrait

Makerpossibly Emanuel Hoffmann

Makerpossibly Johann F. Hoffmann

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1860

Place MadeBohemia

Size(A) H: 12.5 cm, D: 7.4 cm; (B) H: 12.4 cm, D: 7.4 cm

Accession Number82.3.25 B

Credit LineGift of Jerome Strauss (insurance funds)

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. Cylindrical shape with rounded base; panel-cut sides (seven panels), with raised oval panels in relief on the front, one (A) with an engraved bust-length portrait of a man, wearing a coat, the other (B) with a bust-length portrait of a woman, her hair in braids tied up on top of her head, a bow-tied scarf at her neck, wearing a full dress; on the reverse, circular rounded panel with rimmed concave lens at the center; polished concave pontil mark, polished flat foot rim.
Provenance

Source Rudy Eswarin - 1982-04-30