Forest Glass Beaker (Krautstrunk)

Forest Glass Beaker (Krautstrunk)

 
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Object Name: 
Forest Glass Beaker (Krautstrunk)
Department
European
Category
Medieval
Place Made: 
Germany
Date: 
1500-1525
Color
AAT
light green
Technique
AAT
glassblowing
AAT
off-hand process
Material
AAT
forest glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 11.7 cm; Rim Diam: 8.3 cm
Accession Number: 
54.3.245
Location: 
On Display
Description
Transparent pale and light green glass (Waldglas) with few bubbles and flecked with many black impurities; partly slightly dull through weathering, rust spots on base; free-blown, with applied tooled decoration. Slightly ovoid body with high kick-up and rough pontil mark, cupped rim; three rows of prunts applied to body, crimped ring around base, a thread ring below rim.
Provenance
Rubner, Marianne, Former Collection
1954
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
Changing Exhibitions Gallery
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2004-05-13 through 2004-10-17
 
East Side Winter Antiques Show
Venue(s)
Park Avenue Armory
Medieval Glass for Popes, Princes, and Peasants (2010) illustrated, p. 185, #75; BIB# 115588
Treasures in Glass (1966) p. 30, #43; BIB# 28036

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