Beaker

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Object Name: 
Beaker
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice
Accession Number: 
79.3.1127
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 9.3 cm, Diam (max): 6.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1725-1775
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Beaker. Lattimo, blue. Blown; applied. Beaker: ogee-shaped, with fire-polished rim, flattened base with concave kick, applied foot-ring, and pontil mark. Bowl and foot-ring are made of opaque white glass. Outside of bowl is decorated with melted-in swirls of translucent blue glass.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Former Collection
1979
Category: 
Renaissance
Baroque
Color: 
opaque white glass
blue
Technique: 
applied decoration
Material: 
glass

Publications (1)

The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian Glassworking (2016) illustrated BIB# 149619