Beaker

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Object Name: 
Beaker
Place Made: 
Bohemia
Accession Number: 
2009.3.70
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 8.3 cm, Diam: 6.7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1775-1799
Credit Line: 
Gift of Florian Knothe
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass, blown and wheel engraved. Small beaker has concave foot with slightly rough pontil and straight sides that widen to rim. The piece is decorated with an engraved image of a house with trees and to the left a rococo-style C-scroll. The beaker is also decorated with cut vertical lines around base and a cut line and a series of smaller repeating vertical lines around rim.

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Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Knothe, Florian, Source
2009-10-27