Beaker

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Object Name: 
Beaker
Place Made: 
Western Europe
Accession Number: 
57.3.11
Dimensions: 
H: 8.7 cm; D (rim): 7.6 cm, (base): 5.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1701-1800
Primary Description: 
Clear glass with few minute bubbles; free-blown and enameled. Conical beaker with slightly concave base having "frosted" pontil mark; around body a frieze of flowers and leaves with a dove in multicolored enamel, framed by white straight and wavy lines.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Linares, Abelardo, Source
Color: 
Clear
Technique: 
free-blown, enameled

Publications (1)

German Enameled Glass (1965) illustrated, pp. 151, 414, #126; BIB# 18098