beaker
Object NameBeaker
Made FromGlass
Date1000-1199
Place Madeprobably Syria
TechniqueBlown, applied
SizeOverall H: 10.4 cm; Rim Diam: 5.4 cm
Accession Number56.1.111
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
A Cup of Kindness
Wine: Celebration and Ceremony
Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting
Fire and Vine: The Story of Glass and Wine
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent yellowish brown glass with many bubbles and small stones, opaque white glass; blown, applied. Beaker: conical. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall straight and tapering, with tubular horizontal rib 3.5 cm below lip; foot is shallow cone made by folding, with rounded edge and center pushed in to fill narrow aperture at bottom of wall; pontil mark circular (D. 0.8 cm) with scale at center. Applied decoration on upper and lower wall: (1) narrow white trail wound nearly seven times around top of wall, between lip and 1 cm below it; (2) yellowish brown trail wound once around lower wall, 2.7 cm above edge of foot.Provenance
Source
J. J. Klejman
- 1955-11-30
Former Collection
Friedrich Ludwig von Gans
Former Collection
Joseph-Ange Durighello
