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Object NameBeaker Engraved with the Seasons

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1700

TechniqueFree-blown, intaglio engraving

SizeOverall H: 12.4 cm; Rim Diam: 9.8 cm; Base Diam: 7.6 cm

Accession Number54.3.98

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Place Made

probably Bohemia

Physical DescriptionClear glass with few small bubbles; wear marks; free-blown with intaglio engraving. Slightly conical body with very thick base and ground pontil mark; four oval panels, illustrating the Four Seasons, contain a child carrying a bunch of flowers and leaves: "Fryling", a child carrying a sheaf of grain: "Sommer", a third carrying grapes: "Herbst", and a fourth carrying a log: "Winter"; between the panels stylized flowers, below each panel a disk.
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