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Object NameFragment

Made FromGlass, Enamel, Gilding

Date1200-1399

Place MadeNear East; probably Syria

TechniqueMold-blown, enameled, gilded

SizeOverall H: 3.1 cm, W: 3.4 cm

Accession Number73.1.41-1

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Betty Gruene Speir

Curatorial Area(s)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionFragment. Colorless glass, with yellowish-green tinge; blown in an open mold, enameled. gilded. Flared rim beaker; fragment preserves part of rim and body; rim rounded by reheating; thin red enamel line below rim defines wide register with kufic inscription outlined in red and filled with blue enamel "relief"; some traces of gilt fill remain.
Provenance

Source Betty Gruene Speir - 1973

Former Collection George S. McKearin (b. 1874)