Beaker

Beaker

 
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Object Name: 
Beaker
Department
European
Place Made: 
Germany
Date: 
about 1816
Color
AAT
colorless
Technique
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enameling
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staining
Dimensions: 
H: 10.5 cm, D: 7.3 cm
Accession Number: 
79.3.203
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Location: 
On Display
Description
Beaker. Colorless non-lead glass; blown, enameled, stained, cut. Cylindrical shape; cut, tapered, yellow- stained rim; decorated with transparent enamels: a large oval panel on the front containing a detailed map of Leipzig and the surrounding countryside; inscribed "EINTRACHT WIRKT MACHT." above, and "PLAN der SCHLACHTEN bei LEIPZIG,/am 18 u; 19 Oct: 1813./Erklarung." below; with several short, colored lines below that, each inscribed "Rus: Armee.," "Oestr. Ar," "Preuss. Ar.," "Schwed. Ar.," "Fran Ar.d.18," "Fr. Ar.d.19.Oct."; signed "C.V.S. Mohn fec. 1816" alongside the oval, at the lower right; border of flowers below the rim; flat, polished base.
Provenance
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
Mohn & Kothgasser (2009) illustrated, p. 205; BIB# 101944
Biedermeier-Glaser (1981) illustrated, p. 145, fig. 168; pp. 143-144; BIB# 30440
Glaser der Empire- und Biedermeierzeit (1976) fig. 139; BIB# 19520

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