cup
Object NameCup with Lozenges Containing Circles
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
TechniqueBlown, pincered, applied
SizeOverall H: 5.7 cm; Rim Diam 7.2 cm
Accession Number71.1.20
Credit LineGift of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting
Not On View
Physical DescriptionCup with Lozenges Containing Circles. Transparent pale yellowish green, with few bubbles (body and handle); transparent blue (lip wrap). Blown; pincered, applied. Cup: almost cylindrical. Rim has narrow lip wrap with rounded edge; wall straight, tapering slightly; base has shallow foot ring with short, transverse indentations made by crimping; pontil mark roughly oval (L. about 1.5 cm). Lower wall is decorated with continuous horizontal row of 12 lozenges (H. 3 cm, W. 1.3 cm), each containing one circle, all in negative relief. Surfaces behind these motifs are also decorated in negative relief. Single handle with oval cross section dropped onto bottom of wall, drawn out, up, and in to form semicircle, and reattached to wall above mid-point; two semicircular thumb rests, at top and center.Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1971
Former Collection
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982)
