Beaker and Saucer

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Object Name: 
Beaker and Saucer
Place Made: 
France
Accession Number: 
85.3.74
Dimensions: 
(a) H: 8.8 cm, D (rim): 9.1 cm; (b) H: 3.5 cm, D: 16.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1810-1930
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. (a) Bell-shape, with rounded lip and cut groove below; decorative engraved vine with alternating bells and heart-shaped leaves; spiral band below, with cross-hatched S-shapes and polished concave lenses; wide ledge below, with fine cross-hatching on the edge; spreading foot with cut cross-hatching on the rim; concave base with order of the Legion of Honor, four-armed cross with cross-hatching, a circular cross-hatched panel in the center;

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
Lanmon, Dwight P. (American, b. 1938), Source
1985-12-11
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Cut, Engraved
cut glass