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beaker
beaker

beaker

Object NameForest Glass Beaker (Krautstrunk)
Made FromWaldglass
Date1500-1525
Place Madepossibly Germany; possibly Switzerland
TechniqueBlown, applied
SizeOverall H: 11.7 cm; Rim Diam: 8.3 cm
Accession Number54.3.245
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Beyond Venice: Glass in Venetian Style, 1500-1750
Medieval Glass for Popes, Princes, and Peasants
East Side Winter Antiques Show
The Nature of Things: Medieval Art and Ecology, 1100-1550
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionTransparent pale and light green glass (Waldglas) with few bubbles and flecked with many black impurities; partly slightly dull through weathering, rust spots on base; free-blown, with applied tooled decoration. Slightly ovoid body with high kick-up and rough pontil mark, cupped rim; three rows of prunts applied to body, crimped ring around base, a thread ring below rim.
Provenance
Former Collection Marianne Rubner - 1954

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