beaker

Object NameRuby Glass Beaker

Made FromGlass

Date1670-1700

Place Madepossibly Low Countries

TechniqueCased, blown, applied.

SizeOverall H: 14.2 cm, Diam (rim): 10.2 cm, Diam (foot): 7.7 cm.

Accession Number79.3.441

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Beyond Venice: Glass in Venetian Style, 1500-1750

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionPurple-red ice glass and clear glass, blown. Straight-sided, sub-conical beaker with slightly widened, fire-polished rim and applied colorless foot-trail; kicked-in base with rough pontil mark. Paper label on bottom: “Baron L. Rothschild.” The ice glass effect was achieved by marvering-in fragments of glass onto a parison that had not reached its final size. After the marvering, the glass was further blown. The heating and tooling of the rim has almost removed the ice-glass effect. There is no evidence that the fragments of glass are different than the base glass; i.e., the color of this glass is not an overlay.
Provenance

Former Collection Jerome Strauss (1893-1978)

Former Collection Baron L. Rothschild

Former Collection Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation