Beaker

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Object Name: 
Beaker
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Europe
Austria
Accession Number: 
79.3.850
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 11.3 cm, Diam: 7.4 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1875
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; clear beaker, with Islamic style enameled and gilded decoration. The vessel is cylindrical in shape, with a slightly concave base. One round floral medallion and a board field with a stylized inscription, all done in polychrome enamels and gold. No pontil mark remaining on the base. Inscription on base "Inschrift: Erhole deine Seele duch mich".

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Source
Category: 
19th Century European
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
enameled decoration

Exhibitions (1)

Glass of the Sultans
Venue(s)
Benaki Museum
Corning Museum of Glass
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Publications (2)

The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian Glassworking (2016) illustrated, Fig. 74; BIB# 149619
Glass of the Sultans (2001) illustrated, p. 311, #157; BIB# 68105