Armorial Beaker

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Object Name: 
Armorial Beaker
Place Made: 
Germany
Accession Number: 
57.3.114
Dimensions: 
H: 7.9 cm; D (rim): 6.5 cm, (base): 4.6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1800-1899
Credit Line: 
Gift of Edwin J. Beinecke
Primary Description: 
Comparatively heavy clear beaker with very slight yellow tinge, decreasing in thickness at rim; wear marks at base; free-blown, enameled, and gilded. Straight-sided body tapering downwards to slightly concave base with very slight pontil mark; on the obverse, in multicolored enamel, the coat of arms of the Prince of Arenberg accompanied on top by the inscription: "PRINC ARENBERGAE"; flanking the arms the date "1634"; on the reverse a star-like motif in white consisting of dots, spirals, and dashes, above and below the date small white rosettes; below rim a gilded band (partly rubbed off) studded with green and red beads and accompanied at bottom by a row of white beads.

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Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
Gilsey, Peter, Former Collection
Beinecke, Edwin J. (d. 1957), Source
Color: 
Clear,very slight yellow tinge
Technique: 
free-blown, enameled, gilded
enameling

Publications (1)

German Enameled Glass (1965) illustrated, p. 438, #160 C; p. 237; BIB# 18098