Beaker

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Object Name: 
Beaker
Place Made: 
perhaps Germany
Accession Number: 
63.3.79
Dimensions: 
H. 8.9 cm, Diam (rim): 7.2 cm, Diam (foot): 4.4 cm.
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1600-1699
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass with strong mauvish-grey tinge and many bubbles; mold-blown a mezza stampaura, diamond-point engraved. Bell-shaped beaker with fire-polished rim and gadrooning of 12 ribs a mezza stampaura on lower part; on low pad foot with rough pontil mark. Decorated in diamond-point engraving with a zone of leafy scrollwork between zigzag borders. Pad foot contains large bubble and has uneven edge.

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Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Phillips, Howard, Source
Color: 
Clear