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beaker

Object NameBeaker (Stangenglas)

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1600

Place Madepossibly Southern Germany; possibly Austria

TechniqueBlown, engraved

SizeOverall H: 27.9 cm

Accession Number73.3.449

Credit LineGift of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Beyond Venice: Glass in Venetian Style, 1500-1750

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

During the second half of the 16th century, window glass continued to be the primary product at the court glasshouse in Hall, Tyrol, but fine drinking glasses were made there as well. The glasses made at the Hall factory may have been decorated in nearby Innsbruck. (see 72.3.35)

Physical DescriptionColorless (grey) non-lead glass; blown, diamond-engraved. Tall, cylindrical bowl decorated with diamond-point engraving: formal scroll and foliage border above a triple band with spirals; two panels with rounded sides, each with stylized birds and leaves, separated by formal foliate bands, above a triple border and foliage band similar to those at the top; folded trumpet-shape foot with diamond-engraved spiral band; rough pontil mark.
Provenance

Former Collection Jerome Strauss (1893-1978) - 1959