Beaker

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Object Name: 
Beaker
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Low Countries
Accession Number: 
79.3.301
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 16.1 cm, Diam: 9.1 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1685
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Jerome Strauss
Web Description: 
The figures are probably based on engravings by the Amsterdam artist Pieter Nolpe (1613/4–1652/3).

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Former Collection
Neuberg, Frederick, Former Collection
Category: 
Renaissance
Baroque
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, applied, engraved
Inscription: 
W. Mooleyser 1685
incised mark
: 
near base

Description

Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass; blown, diamond-engraved. Cylindrical shape with trailed rim; decorated with diamond-point engraving: a wavy band of flowers and foliage above a group of rustic figures (a man and woman dancing; a man, seated in a chair, drinking from a bottle, and a dancing man, with sprigs in his hat, holding a glass), all standing on an undulating ground; signed "W. Mooleyser 1685" near the base; three flattened ball feet; slight kick; rough pontil mark.

Exhibitions (2)

Beyond Venice: Glass in Venetian Style, 1500-1750
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2004-05-13 through 2004-10-17
Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1955-06-13 through 1955-10-23
 

Publications (5)

Beyond Venice: Glass in Venetian Style, 1500-1750 (2004) illustrated, pp. 266-267, no. 8; BIB# 79761
Hikari no shouchu: sekai no garasu = The glass (1992) illustrated, p. 28, #43; BIB# 58995
A Guide to Dutch Art in America (1986) illustrated, p. 103. ill.; BIB# 23712
Important Acquisitions from the Strauss Collection (1980) illustrated, p. 107, #24; BIB# AI9181
Glass Drinking Vessels: From the Collections of Jerome Strauss and The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation: a Special Exhibition, 1955 (1955) illustrated, p. 58, #151; BIB# 27783