beaker
Object NameBeaker
Made Fromnon-lead glass
Date1750-1775
Place MadeEurope; possibly Bohemia; possibly Silesia
Techniqueblown, cut, enameled, gilt
SizeH: 11 cm, diam: 7.8 cm
Accession Number79.3.896
Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
A Salute to the Jones Musuem
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, enameled, gilt. Cylindrical shape, cut gilt rim and cut oval flutes alternating with vertical lines at the base; pink-on-white enameled decoration on the side, of a woman, seated in a garden, playing a mandolin, with an urn on a pedestal at the left, trees and shrubs growing around; on the reverse, a pink-on-white stylized flower and leaves; cut flat base with cut six-lobed star.Provenance
Source
Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
