Reliquary Beaker (Krautstrunk)

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Object Name:

Department

European

Category

Medieval

Place Made:

Austria

Date:

about 1500

Color

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green

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glassblowing

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tooling

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Trailed

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glass

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wax

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bone

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Dimensions:

Overall H: 8.7 cm, Diam (max): 7 cm

Accession Number:

79.3.194

Credit Line:

Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Location:

On Display

Description

Transparent dark green non-lead glass; blown, prunted, trailed. Ovoid body, with applied prunts arranged in two bands of six prunts each; cup-shaped rim; trailed, pincered foot rim; rough pontil mark; the top covered with an irregularly shaped tan wax covering overhanging the lip; a circular red wax seal with impressed coat of arms and inscription on one side; a piece of human bone loose inside.

Provenance

Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source

1979

Strauss, Jerome, Former Collection

Bondy, Oscar, Former Collection

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